Alt-Right Cheers Kanye West's 'Slavery Is a Choice' TMZ Rant

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Though he tried to take it back, Yeezy gained more fans in the racist swamps of the internet.

KELLY WEILL
05.02.18 1:34 PM ET

Kanye West did nothing wrong when he described slavery as “a choice,” his new supporters on the alt-right say.

West, who has spent the past week tweeting praise for conservative internet figures, reached new levels of adulation on the far right after his comments during a Tuesday TMZ interview. West’s implication, that slaves were partially responsible for their condition and that black Americans need to get over slavery, plays into far-right talking points.

“When you hear about slavery for 400 years, for 400 years? That sounds like a choice,” Kanye said during the interview. “Like, you were there for 400 years and it’s all of y’all?” He levied the comments into a metaphor about free thought. “It’s like we’re mentally in prison. I like the word ‘prison’ because slavery goes too direct to the idea of blacks.”

Later, on Twitter, West attempted to clarify. "To make myself clear. Of course I know that slaves did not get shackled and put on a boat by free will," he tweeted. "My point is for us to have stayed in that position even though the numbers were on our side means that we were mentally enslaved."

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