CNN
—
Kanye West has explained his thinking behind his decision to dress himself and several Black models in “White Lives Matter” shirts earlier this week.
West, who legally modified his title to “Ye,” instructed Fox Information host Tucker Carlson that he wore it as a result of “it’s the plain factor.”
“The reply to why I wrote ‘White Lives Matter’ on a shirt is as a result of they do,” West mentioned throughout the interview that aired Thursday.
The artist/designer/provocateur has been going through backlash since he sported the shirt throughout a shock catwalk occasion held throughout at Paris vogue week.
West recalled a textual content dialog he had together with his dad concerning the controversial assertion.
“I mentioned, ‘I assumed the shirt was a humorous shirt; I assumed the concept of me sporting it was humorous.’ And I mentioned, ‘Dad, why did you suppose it was humorous?’ He mentioned, ‘Only a Black man stating the plain.’” West instructed Carlson.
When Carlson pushed West on why he thinks individuals think about {that a} controversial assertion, West mentioned that it’s as a result of he’s not performing in a manner the media thinks he ought to act.
“As a result of the identical those who have stripped us of our identification and labeled us as a coloration, have instructed us what it means to be Black,” West mentioned.
The Anti-Defamation League categorizes the phrase “White Lives Matter” as a “hate slogan” utilized by White supremacist teams, together with the Ku Klux Klan.
It’s simply the newest incident that has resulted in criticism, and West additionally addressed a few of that.
In 2016, he met with then President-elect Donald Trump at Trump Tower in New York Metropolis, and two years later West visited him at the White House and wore a MAGA hat.
Each of these occasions precipitated main outrage, and West instructed Carlson he “began to essentially really feel this want to precise myself on one other degree when Trump was operating for workplace and I preferred him.”
He mentioned he was instructed by a number of individuals “that if I mentioned I preferred Trump that my profession could be over, my life could be over.”
“They mentioned stuff like individuals get killed for sporting a hat like that, they threatened my life,” West mentioned. “They principally mentioned I’d be killed for sporting the hat.”
The Grammy winner additionally lined different subjects, together with being anti-abortion, his ex-wife Kim Kardashian and his ideas on increased training within the Black neighborhood.
The dialog was half of a bigger interview featured on Carlson’s present. Extra of the interview can be aired Friday night, Carlson mentioned.
