White people entertained by Kanye, a black entertainer, are racist.
Why are you defaulting to all when he never said all? All the dude said is that some white people see him as a characterization and some like that he fits their warped sense of what black america is, that isn't at all controversial. If Abe proposed a percentage would that soothe your red ass so you can place yourself in the enlightened group? Weird that he would have to explicitly state that "NOT ALL WHITE PEOPLE FEEL THIS WAY."
reread his post.
On the contrary, white people love Kanye. Old white people hate him, but young white people love him. He's an angry African-American and white people eat that crap up because it entertains them and reduces the African-American culture. Most white people think African-Americans are all young, angry men. So when show ponies like Kanye have these public meltdowns it entertains young white people because it plays up the stereotypes they want to believe. It's similar to how in the 90s there was a "goofball" African-American stereotype (Steve Urkel, Fresh Prince etc) that white people loved to laugh at. Now they love to laugh at the "angry black man".
I don't care if he thinks I'm racist, but I think what he says demeans the work of black men in a way similar to what Kimmel did. And there are far better candidates for "angry black man" in hip hop that lack the open vulnerability and insecurity that Kanye displays. But they aren't as popular because they aren't nearly as good.
Again, he would have a point if someone with the talent of Nelly had risen to Kanye's level. No one today, white or black, is pushing boundaries with music at the level of Kanye while maintaining enormous commercial success. No one really has in the past few decades with perhaps the exception of Radiohead (and IMO it's debatable that they should be considered to be on his level.)
You're trolling about the Kimmel stuff, right? Yeah, definitely.
Why do you keep talking about his talent like mainstream America takes that analytical approach? Is it not clear to you that he's talking about people who like Kanye songs they hear on the radio but still think of George Bush, Taylor Swift, and Kim Kardashian when they talk to their buddies about 'Ye? He's not talking about people who spent their money on 808s or Yeesus.
Of course Kanye isn't the best voice for angry black man, but he is for the people that Abe is talking about. His popularity makes him an easy target for people that Abe's describing. These people don't have an extensive hip hop catalog. That being said I feel like you are minimizing his anger, WTT seemed to me a giant middle finger to these people.
I guess we'll just agree to disagree how we interpreted Abe's post, pretty dumb thing to have a disagreement about. Although he did post to clarify and agreed with my interpretation of his post.