Kanye West, left, and Ta-Nehisi Coates. (AP, The Washington Post)A week ago, Kanye West said that 400 years of slavery was a “choice,” appearing to blame enslaved black people for not freeing themselves sooner. In comparing West to Trump, Coates wrote: “Like Trump, West is a narcissist, ‘the greatest artist of all time,’ he claimed, helming what would soon be ‘the biggest apparel company in human history.’ And, like Trump, West is shockingly ignorant. “West’s thoughts are not original,” Coates wrote. “And Kanye West is now a mouthpiece for it.”West, Coates wrote, “will likely pay also for his thin definition of freedom.”Read his full essay here.

Source: Washington Post May 08, 2018 10:39 UTC