I sincerely hope that Kanye West was only playing with us when he, now infamously, virtually molested Taylor Swift during her acceptance speech at the VMAs, all because he thought Beyonce should've won instead. I do not want to believe that there is a grown man anywhere on this earth who takes the MTV Video Music Awards seriously enough to actually be burned about who wins and who doesn't.
Did anyone ever explain to Kanye that awards are meaningless, and awards given by MTV even more so?
Of course this is not the first time Kanye has flipped out in response to what he perceived as a snub to his race. He also got mad at George Bush, you recall, after the federal government's piss-poor response to Katrina, claiming on TV that Bush "hates black people."
Well, okay, I'll give him that one. But ruining darling little Taylor Swift's shining moment in the spotlight because he thinks all music awards should be given to black people, or at least people as close to black as Beyonce?
Honestly Kanye, hasn't your race gotten enough acknowledgement lately? Didn't we elect a half-negro to be our president? Don't millions of useless, fat, drunken white people shell out untold millions of dollars every year to watch black athletes perform in their little phony sporting events? Don't we all love Denzel Washington and...other African-American actors whose names will come to me in a second?
Can't we, occasionally, give some props to pale, pretty white girls with blonde hair who write their own lame songs and sing them in thin little voices while pretend-strumming their guitars?
Don Cheadle. That's another one. Everyone loves Don Cheadle.
No Kanye, what you did is not cool. It did not, despite your delusions, strike a blow for black people everywhere. And it definitely did not help you any. In fact, I'd say there are certain sections of this country where you are now persona non grata.
Piece of advice Kanye: If you're ever walking down the street and you see a pick-up full of rope-brandishing white people coming toward you? You better make a break for it. And hope your feets don't fail you.
