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Just about two years after pledging allegiance to a suspected white supremacist, Kanye West has taken his pro-white rhetoric plenty of steps further without saying a single word.
Instead, the divisive rapper-turned fashion magnate let his wardrobe do the speaking for him — in the form of a shirt emblazoned with three fateful words in capital letters: “WHITE LIVES MATTER.”
Kanye West wearing a White Lives Matter hoodie
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— RapTV (@Rap) October 3, 2022
Photos of West wearing the shirt emerged on social media on Monday afternoon and were taken during a Yeezy show for Paris Fashion Week, according to a report from the New York Post’s Page Six, which covers gossip for the right-wing tabloid.
The phrase is often incorporated by white supremacists in a specific and disingenuous effort to call the “Black Lives Matter” organization and slogan.
Images from the YEEZY SEASON 9 (YZYSZN9) fashion show quickly flooded Twitter timelines.
Kanye West wearing a “White Lives Matter” shirt at his YZYSZN9 fashion show
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West was also pictured wearing what appeared to be an oversized pair of diamond grills that looked to prevent him from actually closing his mouth.
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Considering Kanye West’s penchant for publicity stunts, it seems likely this is exactly that.
After all, Page Six reported that West delivered a speech to the YZYSZN9 audience, during which he proclaimed his superiority.
“I am Ye and everyone here knows that I am the leader,” Kanye reportedly said before adding later: “You can’t manage me.”
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Kanye’s fashion statement follows the rapper’s stated support for the racist candidacy and then presidency of Donald Trump.
According to the Anti-Defamation League, the phrase “white lives matter” is racist against Black people, in particular.
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“’White Lives Matter’” is a white supremacist phrase that originated in early 2015 as a racist response to the Black Lives Matter movement, which arose to protest against police brutality against African-Americans and garnered considerable publicity in 2014 for protests in Ferguson, Missouri, following the shooting death of Michael Brown at the hands of a Ferguson police officer,” the ADL says on its website.
Back in 2020 following George Floyd’s police murder, Kanye made an appearance at a Black Lives Matter protest in his hometown of Chicago, suggesting his support for the social justice movement.
Kanye West joins protest in Chicago @nbcchicago pic.twitter.com/xO3MvBw1Kc
— Trina Orlando (@TrinaOrlando) June 5, 2020
This is a developing story that will be updated as additional information becomes available.
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