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Twitter Turns Kanye West's Slavery Comments Into The Hilarious #IfSlaveryWasAChoice Hashtag

Twitter Turns Kanye West's Slavery Comments Into The Hilarious #IfSlaveryWasAChoice Hashtag
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By Sydney Scott · Updated October 24, 2020
On Tuesday, Kanye West stopped by TMZ Live for an interview that would leave everyone speechless and send Twitter into a frenzy. West told the TMZ crew and viewers that 400 years of slavery was a “choice.” The rapper ranted: “When you hear about slavery for 400 years — for 400 years? That sounds like a choice. Like, you were there for 400 years and it’s all you all?” How Kanye West, a “proud non-reader of books,” came to this conclusion is anyone’s guess, but Black Twitter wasn’t having it and in true fashion, turned the wild moment into something hilarious with #IfSlaveryWasAChoice.

When I embezzled a bunch of cotton that my fellow slaves picked and made a brunch fit. #IfSlaveryWasAChoice pic.twitter.com/9Mu7BbYTIP

— Jawn Flick (@kidnoble) May 2, 2018

When you a freshman at Slave University and you get assigned to the house #IfSlaveryWasAChoice pic.twitter.com/nACNQdW4e6

— Jemele Hill (@jemelehill) May 2, 2018

#IfSlaveryWasAChoice

Me showing up to Chase to deposit my Tax refund check after claiming the Massa's kids on my Taxes. pic.twitter.com/CdoMCkjVgU

— firegodx (@Fire_Ice_Pain) May 2, 2018

When you see a row of unpicked cotton but yo shift almost over #IfSlaveryWasAChoice pic.twitter.com/rjJ0YQJdpN

— Wholesome (@jimmybsmith99) May 2, 2018

When the new slaves show up with drama from their old plantation and it’s upsetting me and my homegirl #IfSlaveryWasAChoice pic.twitter.com/0zaXUBJDSW

— Lauren (@thelaurenline) May 2, 2018
https://twitter.com/faithzabila/status/991612216628654080

#IfSlaveryWasAChoice

Massa: Go make me and the Mrs. somethin eat..

Me: pic.twitter.com/epI21sIgwe

— Máhal (@ajzmahal) May 2, 2018
https://twitter.com/YungLanksta/status/991559539953582080
Users on Twitter weren’t the only people quick to respond to Kanye’s wild comment. Van Lathan, host of The Red Pill Podcast, called out the rapper during TMZ Live, saying he was “disappointed” and “appalled” by West’s behavior.

pic.twitter.com/2sFtYEA8Si

— Elliott Wilson (@ElliottWilson) May 1, 2018
“While you are making music and being an artist, and living the life that you’ve earned by being a genius, the rest of us in society have to deal with these threats to our lives,” Lathan said. “We have to deal with the marginalization that has come from 400 years of slavery that you said, for our people, was a choice. Frankly, I’m disappointed, I’m appalled, and brother, I am unbelievably hurt by the fact that you have morphed into something, to me, that’s not real.” West later tried to clarify his comments, tweeting, “The reason why I brought up the 400 years point is because we can’t be mentally imprisoned for another 400 years. We need free thought now. Even the statement was an example of free thought. It was just an idea.” He later tweeted that he was once again “being attacked for presenting new ideas,” before sharing, “When the media masses and scholars talk about what started today. Here’s a title … the overground hell road.”
https://twitter.com/kanyewest/status/991467468655755264
We’ll let you decide what the heck that means.