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I really didn’t want to write about so-called Kanye gate…

September 18th, 2009

In fact I still don’t want to comment on this whole Kanye situation. It’s a personal choice that I made and I’m sticking to it. However what’s been appalling, I’d even say traumatizing, is the outburst of openly racist attacks directed at him. A post on Harry Allen’s blog recaps many such tweets, all with open use of the N-word and talk of lynching. Clearly the idea of a post-racial society in the Obama age is extremely naive. Yesterday this made its way onto my own blog with the following comment to my post about Jordans and Super sunglasses:

Bizzle Sundizzle says:
September 17th, 2009 at 2:45 pmwow Kanye West is such a douche bag. If this is his web site I just wanted to let him know that he looks acts and sounds like a big harry shaved gorilla. Someone like that shoulden’t be allowed into society should be in a zooo eating and playing with his own shit like he was ment to. FUCKIN SLAVE!!! should be sent back to south africa where he belongs

I can’t even explain the level of shock that I’m in as I read this. I’m not deleting that comment, people need to see it and be aware that racism is still everywhere around us. These are deeply-rooted, historically poignant slurs. How long will it take for America to vanquish this poison?

PS: If you’re going to comment on this post, please stick to this topic of racism, not what Kanye said at the awards. I want to know what you think…

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