'With his White Lives Matter t-shirts, Kanye West held a microphone to the bigots who already live by that very slogan, generating shock without any value.'
explained it succintly on Instagram, writing:"we don't need a reminder of the worth of white lives. America is a shrine to the worth of white people. This message is reactionary to a message affirming the worth of Black lives, which have never been worth anything in America.
Jaden Smith exited the show after seeing West's"White Lives Matter" shirt, and he wasn't the only one."I Had To Dip,"After the backlash, West responded with an Instagram story attacking the anti-police brutality movement."Everyone knows that Black Lives Matter was a scam. Now it's over. You're welcome," he said.
Karefa-Johnson's message, which was echoed by several others, still resonated regardless of Ye's personal attacks. There is nothing revolutionary about his shirt or his co-opting of white supremacist language. He held a microphone to the bigots who already live by that very slogan, generating shock without any value.
When someone of his stature does something so problematic, so deeply infuriating, the question of whether or not to give it airtime always looms large. By continuing to engage with his work, reporters, celebrities, and users on social media are amplifying his message even while denouncing it. That attention could better serve designers of color who showed during Fashion Week, instead of generating buzz around Ye and thus enabling his indefensible behavior.
His show contained all the elements of a clickbait outrage culture production, and he successfully made himself the center of the conversation. Ye called himself a leader during his speech, but with his online bullying tactics and white supremacist message, he's clearly leading in the wrong direction.
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