Remember Confederate Flag Guy? You should: in the limited media coverage the Million Veteran March during the government shutdown, one man holding a confederate flag magically became “Tea Party protesters” and grabbed nearly all the attention. What, then, to make of rapper Kanye West and his newfound appropriation of the confederate flag?
West has featured the confederate flag on recent tour merchandise.
"Kanye West incites controversy and outrage without a true connection to any deeper purpose." http://t.co/JfcQvX94ZT
— Guardian US (@GuardianUS) October 25, 2013
He’s been photographed draped in the flag.
Kanye draped in a confederate flag: "It's my flag now" pic.twitter.com/y7u8z6p68D
— Byron Crawford (@byroncrawford) October 31, 2013
Today, gossip site X17online.com published yet another photo of West sporting a custom jacket with the flag emblem. So what’s up? Is it true that he’s “reappropriating” the flag and making it his own, as he’s said in interviews? Sites like the Huffington Post have not been amused, writing:
Let’s hope Kanye is attempting to reappropriate the negative meaning behind the flag rather than outfitting thousands of clueless concert-goers in “racist” threads. We can just imagine all the white kids walking around in their “Yeezus” confederate flag shirts ready to refute any backlash with: “Yeezy taught me!”
#BlankStare
What does Twitter have to say about it?
https://twitter.com/SashaRose6/status/396794791931166720
Never thought I see the day where kanye west and I have something in common. And out of all things its the confederate flag.
— Beth (@bdriver45) November 3, 2013
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https://twitter.com/sshollaXOXO/status/396789839687086080
Here's another one of his narcissistic antics"@peoplemag: Why is Kanye West wearing a Confederate flag? http://t.co/2LBVxEtKzc"
— Courtney Gilmore (@CourtneyNBC5) November 3, 2013
https://twitter.com/Abstract_cool/status/396664112983179264
Kanye says the Confederate flag is "his flag now." He also insists Klan robes make great hoodies and burning crosses are nice nightlights.
— Warren Holstein (@WarrenHolstein) October 30, 2013
Kanye West: Confederate flag is "colorless now." You think you're being witty and eccentric, but you just sound dumb. http://t.co/4d4g6QhiH1
— Ida Bae Wells (@nhannahjones) October 29, 2013
https://twitter.com/Love_Dlux/status/395199107528003584
https://twitter.com/WadeFultonDean/status/395190313137881088
https://twitter.com/WadeFultonDean/status/395190465269481473
https://twitter.com/JCN_I/status/395212231975370752
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