Admittedly, it's been a while since I picked up a Playboy, and it's been a hella long time since I picked up a Playboy to see what a celebrity or politician had to say about anything.
Azealia Banks (never heard of her) did an interview in the April issue (so did Dick Cheney). There's some foul language so I won't post a link. But here are some things she has to say about "white America.":
"Jay Z. That’s the only person I have my eye set on. The race thing always comes up, but I want to get there being very black and proud and boisterous about it. You get what I mean? A lot of times when you’re a black woman and you’re proud, that’s why people don’t like you. In American society, the game is to be a nonthreatening black person. That’s why you have Pharrell or Kendrick Lamar saying, 'How can we expect people to respect us if we don’t respect ourselves?' He’s playing that nonthreatening black man (expletive), and that gets all the white soccer moms going, 'We love him.' Even Kanye West plays a little bit of that game—'Please accept me, white world.' Jay Z hasn’t played any of those games, and that’s what I like."
Jay Z's Malibu mansion wouldn't meet the approval of Che Guevera, but I digress.
"I hate everything about this country. Like, I hate fat white Americans. All the people who are crunched into the middle of America, the real fat and meat of America, are these racist conservative white people who live on their farms. Those little teenage girls who work at Kmart and have a racist grandma—that’s really America."
That's my favorite part. Ms. Banks sums up all of "white America" into one small false narrative. It's clear she hasn't experienced enough "white America" to form a valid conscious opinion. Maybe she needs to go to Starbucks, since they're discussing race relations, and tell all the white Americans in yoga pants they're fat and conservative.
"I get upset when people are like, 'Why don’t you just make music?' What would happen if I couldn’t sing? Then I’d just be another black (expletive) to y’all. It’s really (expletive) annoying. Black people need reparations for building this country, and we deserve way more (expletive) credit and respect."
"White America" elected an African American as president. Twice. And will likely do so again in the future if someone can successfully sell his or her ideas to the American voters. So to say there's a lack of credit and respect is really disingenuous and not a well thought out opinion.
But she's right. No one likes a belligerent offensive loudmouth, regardless of skin color.
Azealia Banks (never heard of her) did an interview in the April issue (so did Dick Cheney). There's some foul language so I won't post a link. But here are some things she has to say about "white America.":
"Jay Z. That’s the only person I have my eye set on. The race thing always comes up, but I want to get there being very black and proud and boisterous about it. You get what I mean? A lot of times when you’re a black woman and you’re proud, that’s why people don’t like you. In American society, the game is to be a nonthreatening black person. That’s why you have Pharrell or Kendrick Lamar saying, 'How can we expect people to respect us if we don’t respect ourselves?' He’s playing that nonthreatening black man (expletive), and that gets all the white soccer moms going, 'We love him.' Even Kanye West plays a little bit of that game—'Please accept me, white world.' Jay Z hasn’t played any of those games, and that’s what I like."
Jay Z's Malibu mansion wouldn't meet the approval of Che Guevera, but I digress.
"I hate everything about this country. Like, I hate fat white Americans. All the people who are crunched into the middle of America, the real fat and meat of America, are these racist conservative white people who live on their farms. Those little teenage girls who work at Kmart and have a racist grandma—that’s really America."
That's my favorite part. Ms. Banks sums up all of "white America" into one small false narrative. It's clear she hasn't experienced enough "white America" to form a valid conscious opinion. Maybe she needs to go to Starbucks, since they're discussing race relations, and tell all the white Americans in yoga pants they're fat and conservative.
"I get upset when people are like, 'Why don’t you just make music?' What would happen if I couldn’t sing? Then I’d just be another black (expletive) to y’all. It’s really (expletive) annoying. Black people need reparations for building this country, and we deserve way more (expletive) credit and respect."
"White America" elected an African American as president. Twice. And will likely do so again in the future if someone can successfully sell his or her ideas to the American voters. So to say there's a lack of credit and respect is really disingenuous and not a well thought out opinion.
But she's right. No one likes a belligerent offensive loudmouth, regardless of skin color.
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