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Old Mar 18, 2010, 06:39 PM
KathyM KathyM is offline
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Originally Posted by AAAAA View Post
Kathy do you see the term “Kanyed” as a racial slur?! I know we rarely see eye to eye, but I find Kanye West to be a rude @sshole. This judgment has nothing to do with his race. He says the most ridiculous things without regard of consequence and is intentionally offensive (he’s admitted this himself). Are we, as a society, to ignore his behavior because he’s black? Isn’t that racism?
AAAAA - Not really because he acted like a total jerk that night. Once he became famous, he was surrounded by "yes men" so he got used to saying and doing anything he wanted. Acting like a bully and jackass or spoiled princess is trendy these days. He probably thought he had to kick it up a notch on the Outrageous Scale in order to maintain his "tough guy" rapper image.

However, he's still reeling from the sudden death of his mother after her plastic surgery. She was the only person he ever had in his life. He grew up surrounded by hatred, discrimination and oppression. I know because he's from my part of town. My son experienced the same thing.

Also, he was NOT left off the hook. People.com has officially dubbed him the "King of Fail."

I'd like to interview that woman myself and ask her to elaborate further on the reason for her rude behavior the night of the Oscars. Shall we dub her the "Queen of Fail?"