The curious case of Kanye West

For all my Southside niggas that know me best
I feel like me and Taylor might still have sex
Why? I made that bitch famous
God damn
I made that bitch famous

Famous, Kanye West

When did #AllLivesMatter?

Scrolling through my Facebook feed on 5^th July 2016, I saw a still from a video that looked all too familiar. I did not click on it, not because I did not care, but because I knew what was coming. Sure enough, when I checked the news, the murder of 37 year old Alton Sterling was the lead story.

The Shaun King scandal (2015)

“Belonging to or denoting any human group having dark-coloured skin, especially of African or Australian Aboriginal ancestry.” Oxford dictionary definition of black.

Lynching in the United States (1877-1968)

Southern trees bear a strange fruit, 
Blood on the leaves and blood at the root, 
Black bodies swinging in the southern breeze, 
Strange fruit hanging from the poplar trees.

Strange Fruit, written by Abel Meeropol.

North Vietnam is urged to treat US POWs better (July 12th 1966)

“If I thought the war was going to bring freedom and equality to twenty-two million of my people they wouldn’t have to draft me, I’d join tomorrow.” Muhammed Ali.

The Willie Horton ad campaign (1988)

“When George Bush used the Willie Horton ad, he knew what he was doing.” Politician Paul Tsongas.