<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?><rss version="2.0" xmlns:content="http://purl.org/rss/1.0/modules/content/" xmlns:dc="http://purl.org/dc/elements/1.1/" xmlns:atom="http://www.w3.org/2005/Atom" xmlns:sy="http://purl.org/rss/1.0/modules/syndication/" > <channel><title>Comments on: Kanye West at the VMAs &#8211; Makin&#8217; Black People Look Bad</title> <atom:link href="http://www.jackandjillpolitics.com/2009/09/kanye-west-at-the-vmas-makin-black-people-look-bad/feed/" rel="self" type="application/rss+xml" /><link>http://www.jackandjillpolitics.com/2009/09/kanye-west-at-the-vmas-makin-black-people-look-bad/</link> <description>A black bourgeoisie perspective on U.S. politics</description> <lastBuildDate>Fri, 10 Feb 2012 21:23:00 +0000</lastBuildDate> <sy:updatePeriod>hourly</sy:updatePeriod> <sy:updateFrequency>1</sy:updateFrequency> <generator>http://wordpress.org/?v=3.1</generator> <item><title>By: Best Gaming Laptop Under 1000</title><link>http://www.jackandjillpolitics.com/2009/09/kanye-west-at-the-vmas-makin-black-people-look-bad/comment-page-1/#comment-1069069</link> <dc:creator>Best Gaming Laptop Under 1000</dc:creator> <pubDate>Mon, 07 Nov 2011 04:58:03 +0000</pubDate> <guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.jackandjillpolitics.com/?p=15010#comment-1069069</guid> <description>&lt;strong&gt;Amazing Post!...&lt;/strong&gt;Thanks a lot for this amazing post. 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Really amazing!&#8230;</p> ]]></content:encoded> </item> <item><title>By: Celebrity Blog</title><link>http://www.jackandjillpolitics.com/2009/09/kanye-west-at-the-vmas-makin-black-people-look-bad/comment-page-1/#comment-1015628</link> <dc:creator>Celebrity Blog</dc:creator> <pubDate>Tue, 25 Oct 2011 23:40:38 +0000</pubDate> <guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.jackandjillpolitics.com/?p=15010#comment-1015628</guid> <description>&lt;strong&gt;Check These Out...&lt;/strong&gt;[...]check below, are some totally unrelated websites to ours, however, they are most trustworthy sources that we use[...]...</description> <content:encoded><![CDATA[<p><strong>Check These Out&#8230;</strong></p><p>[...]check below, are some totally unrelated websites to ours, however, they are most trustworthy sources that we use[...]&#8230;</p> ]]></content:encoded> </item> <item><title>By: ashaindra</title><link>http://www.jackandjillpolitics.com/2009/09/kanye-west-at-the-vmas-makin-black-people-look-bad/comment-page-1/#comment-332743</link> <dc:creator>ashaindra</dc:creator> <pubDate>Thu, 17 Sep 2009 02:21:40 +0000</pubDate> <guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.jackandjillpolitics.com/?p=15010#comment-332743</guid> <description>They may be isolated events but the fact that all three recent &#039;public outbursts&#039; making headlines coincidentally involved conflict between a black and a white person (Kanye+Taylor, SerenaWilliams+USOpenjudge, JoeWilson+Obama) have sparked debates on racial tension.&lt;br&gt;&lt;br&gt;Ironically and in all likelihood, these people would still have reacted this way irregardless of the race of the person they conflicted with. But because of the state of affairs in our nation, these issues are being debated as race issues. Well, maybe we need to be openly talking about this, because if the tweets above are any indication of how people feel, then a black president hasn&#039;t changed the perpetual racially intolerant climate in America. His win has just brought it to the fore. &lt;br&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;http://www.newsy.com/videos/what_happened_to_public_civility&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow&quot;&gt;http://www.newsy.com/videos/what_happened_to_pu...&lt;/a&gt;</description> <content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>They may be isolated events but the fact that all three recent &#39;public outbursts&#39; making headlines coincidentally involved conflict between a black and a white person (Kanye+Taylor, SerenaWilliams+USOpenjudge, JoeWilson+Obama) have sparked debates on racial tension.</p><p>Ironically and in all likelihood, these people would still have reacted this way irregardless of the race of the person they conflicted with. But because of the state of affairs in our nation, these issues are being debated as race issues. Well, maybe we need to be openly talking about this, because if the tweets above are any indication of how people feel, then a black president hasn&#39;t changed the perpetual racially intolerant climate in America. His win has just brought it to the fore. <br /><a href="http://www.newsy.com/videos/what_happened_to_public_civility" rel="nofollow">http://www.newsy.com/videos/what_happened_to_pu&#8230;</a></p> ]]></content:encoded> </item> <item><title>By: abe7chgo</title><link>http://www.jackandjillpolitics.com/2009/09/kanye-west-at-the-vmas-makin-black-people-look-bad/comment-page-1/#comment-332744</link> <dc:creator>abe7chgo</dc:creator> <pubDate>Thu, 17 Sep 2009 00:46:40 +0000</pubDate> <guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.jackandjillpolitics.com/?p=15010#comment-332744</guid> <description>he really is a jackass</description> <content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>he really is a jackass</p> ]]></content:encoded> </item> <item><title>By: khrish</title><link>http://www.jackandjillpolitics.com/2009/09/kanye-west-at-the-vmas-makin-black-people-look-bad/comment-page-1/#comment-332745</link> <dc:creator>khrish</dc:creator> <pubDate>Wed, 16 Sep 2009 23:05:26 +0000</pubDate> <guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.jackandjillpolitics.com/?p=15010#comment-332745</guid> <description>As a Black America, Kanye didn&#039;t make me look bad. He is responsible for his own actions which was being drunk at the affair. I can&#039;t understand why they would even allow the stars to bring alcohol into the affair. But he didn&#039;t make me look bad just as Lohan, Madonna or any of the rest who act a fool don&#039;t make &quot;white people&quot; look bad. I am who I am and Kanye is who he is. It was just another rude incident of spoiled celebrities acting as they can do.....no reflections on me nor any other Black, just Kanye.</description> <content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>As a Black America, Kanye didn&#39;t make me look bad. He is responsible for his own actions which was being drunk at the affair. I can&#39;t understand why they would even allow the stars to bring alcohol into the affair. But he didn&#39;t make me look bad just as Lohan, Madonna or any of the rest who act a fool don&#39;t make &#8220;white people&#8221; look bad. I am who I am and Kanye is who he is. It was just another rude incident of spoiled celebrities acting as they can do&#8230;..no reflections on me nor any other Black, just Kanye.</p> ]]></content:encoded> </item> <item><title>By: ashaindra</title><link>http://www.jackandjillpolitics.com/2009/09/kanye-west-at-the-vmas-makin-black-people-look-bad/comment-page-1/#comment-285500</link> <dc:creator>ashaindra</dc:creator> <pubDate>Wed, 16 Sep 2009 22:21:40 +0000</pubDate> <guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.jackandjillpolitics.com/?p=15010#comment-285500</guid> <description>They may be isolated events but the fact that all three recent &#039;public outbursts&#039; making headlines coincidentally involved conflict between a black and a white person (Kanye+Taylor, SerenaWilliams+USOpenjudge, JoeWilson+Obama) have sparked debates on racial tension.&lt;br&gt;&lt;br&gt;Ironically and in all likelihood, these people would still have reacted this way irregardless of the race of the person they conflicted with. But because of the state of affairs in our nation, these issues are being debated as race issues. Well, maybe we need to be openly talking about this, because if the tweets above are any indication of how people feel, then a black president hasn&#039;t changed the perpetual racially intolerant climate in America. His win has just brought it to the fore.</description> <content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>They may be isolated events but the fact that all three recent &#39;public outbursts&#39; making headlines coincidentally involved conflict between a black and a white person (Kanye+Taylor, SerenaWilliams+USOpenjudge, JoeWilson+Obama) have sparked debates on racial tension.</p><p>Ironically and in all likelihood, these people would still have reacted this way irregardless of the race of the person they conflicted with. But because of the state of affairs in our nation, these issues are being debated as race issues. Well, maybe we need to be openly talking about this, because if the tweets above are any indication of how people feel, then a black president hasn&#39;t changed the perpetual racially intolerant climate in America. His win has just brought it to the fore.</p> ]]></content:encoded> </item> <item><title>By: abe7chgo</title><link>http://www.jackandjillpolitics.com/2009/09/kanye-west-at-the-vmas-makin-black-people-look-bad/comment-page-1/#comment-285406</link> <dc:creator>abe7chgo</dc:creator> <pubDate>Wed, 16 Sep 2009 20:46:40 +0000</pubDate> <guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.jackandjillpolitics.com/?p=15010#comment-285406</guid> <description>he really is a jackass</description> <content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>he really is a jackass</p> ]]></content:encoded> </item> <item><title>By: khrish</title><link>http://www.jackandjillpolitics.com/2009/09/kanye-west-at-the-vmas-makin-black-people-look-bad/comment-page-1/#comment-285301</link> <dc:creator>khrish</dc:creator> <pubDate>Wed, 16 Sep 2009 19:05:26 +0000</pubDate> <guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.jackandjillpolitics.com/?p=15010#comment-285301</guid> <description>As a Black America, Kanye didn&#039;t make me look bad. He is responsible for his own actions which was being drunk at the affair. I can&#039;t understand why they would even allow the stars to bring alcohol into the affair. But he didn&#039;t make me look bad just as Lohan, Madonna or any of the rest who act a fool don&#039;t make &quot;white people&quot; look bad. I am who I am and Kanye is who he is. It was just another rude incident of spoiled celebrities acting as they can do.....no reflections on me nor any other Black, just Kanye.</description> <content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>As a Black America, Kanye didn&#39;t make me look bad. He is responsible for his own actions which was being drunk at the affair. I can&#39;t understand why they would even allow the stars to bring alcohol into the affair. But he didn&#39;t make me look bad just as Lohan, Madonna or any of the rest who act a fool don&#39;t make &#8220;white people&#8221; look bad. I am who I am and Kanye is who he is. It was just another rude incident of spoiled celebrities acting as they can do&#8230;..no reflections on me nor any other Black, just Kanye.</p> ]]></content:encoded> </item> <item><title>By: maddygriffin</title><link>http://www.jackandjillpolitics.com/2009/09/kanye-west-at-the-vmas-makin-black-people-look-bad/comment-page-1/#comment-285196</link> <dc:creator>maddygriffin</dc:creator> <pubDate>Wed, 16 Sep 2009 16:32:59 +0000</pubDate> <guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.jackandjillpolitics.com/?p=15010#comment-285196</guid> <description>He was shown drinking Hennessy straight from the bottle at the pre-show. Get the guy to rehab and off the bottle. He&#039;s got too much talent to throw his career away on Hennessy.</description> <content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>He was shown drinking Hennessy straight from the bottle at the pre-show. Get the guy to rehab and off the bottle. He&#39;s got too much talent to throw his career away on Hennessy.</p> ]]></content:encoded> </item> <item><title>By: Facebook User</title><link>http://www.jackandjillpolitics.com/2009/09/kanye-west-at-the-vmas-makin-black-people-look-bad/comment-page-1/#comment-285172</link> <dc:creator>Facebook User</dc:creator> <pubDate>Wed, 16 Sep 2009 15:59:13 +0000</pubDate> <guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.jackandjillpolitics.com/?p=15010#comment-285172</guid> <description>Why do blacks defend their entertainers when their behavior is indefensable?  I&#039;m not saying that it is necessarily going on with this particular blog, but I have made it my business to read other blogs, and I just need to understand our obsession with supporting idiots.  He tells young people that he do not like to read, but yet he writes a book telling them why he does not like to read, and it&#039;s actually being bought.  I am speechless when I see people, especially black women jumping to support Kayne.  Kayne has called black women mutts, and yet here we are supporting him.  I don&#039;t understand this pull towards abuse.  For me, this is more than about him behaving badly at the awards, it&#039;s about him purposely leaving a legacy of ignorance without apology.</description> <content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Why do blacks defend their entertainers when their behavior is indefensable?  I&#39;m not saying that it is necessarily going on with this particular blog, but I have made it my business to read other blogs, and I just need to understand our obsession with supporting idiots.  He tells young people that he do not like to read, but yet he writes a book telling them why he does not like to read, and it&#39;s actually being bought.  I am speechless when I see people, especially black women jumping to support Kayne.  Kayne has called black women mutts, and yet here we are supporting him.  I don&#39;t understand this pull towards abuse.  For me, this is more than about him behaving badly at the awards, it&#39;s about him purposely leaving a legacy of ignorance without apology.</p> ]]></content:encoded> </item> <item><title>By: asteve</title><link>http://www.jackandjillpolitics.com/2009/09/kanye-west-at-the-vmas-makin-black-people-look-bad/comment-page-1/#comment-285149</link> <dc:creator>asteve</dc:creator> <pubDate>Wed, 16 Sep 2009 15:37:19 +0000</pubDate> <guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.jackandjillpolitics.com/?p=15010#comment-285149</guid> <description>Really?   Perhaps a standards script would beat picking and choosing those times we want to pull the racial outrage card.</description> <content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Really?   Perhaps a standards script would beat picking and choosing those times we want to pull the racial outrage card.</p> ]]></content:encoded> </item> <item><title>By: Plantsmantx</title><link>http://www.jackandjillpolitics.com/2009/09/kanye-west-at-the-vmas-makin-black-people-look-bad/comment-page-1/#comment-285095</link> <dc:creator>Plantsmantx</dc:creator> <pubDate>Wed, 16 Sep 2009 14:44:28 +0000</pubDate> <guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.jackandjillpolitics.com/?p=15010#comment-285095</guid> <description>You&#039;re reading from the standard script...shoo.</description> <content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>You&#39;re reading from the standard script&#8230;shoo.</p> ]]></content:encoded> </item> <item><title>By: asteve</title><link>http://www.jackandjillpolitics.com/2009/09/kanye-west-at-the-vmas-makin-black-people-look-bad/comment-page-1/#comment-285073</link> <dc:creator>asteve</dc:creator> <pubDate>Wed, 16 Sep 2009 13:03:02 +0000</pubDate> <guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.jackandjillpolitics.com/?p=15010#comment-285073</guid> <description>You&#039;re the one assuming.   &lt;br&gt;&lt;br&gt;Who is &quot;us?&quot;   That you and Kanye?  Is that you and me?   Is it you and everyone but me?   Is that you and whoever you consider to be your race?   &lt;br&gt;&lt;br&gt;Last year this time I was hearing black people say that Barrack Obama wasn&#039;t black enough to represent &quot;us.&quot;     Now all the white people are racist for disagreeing with Obama.   And Kanye ain&#039;t a ghetto assed nigger;  and anyone who calls him one is a racist unless the person that calls him the ghetto assed nigger is black.&lt;br&gt;&lt;br&gt;I can&#039;t keep it straight in my head.</description> <content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>You&#39;re the one assuming.</p><p>Who is &#8220;us?&#8221;   That you and Kanye?  Is that you and me?   Is it you and everyone but me?   Is that you and whoever you consider to be your race?</p><p>Last year this time I was hearing black people say that Barrack Obama wasn&#39;t black enough to represent &#8220;us.&#8221;     Now all the white people are racist for disagreeing with Obama.   And Kanye ain&#39;t a ghetto assed nigger;  and anyone who calls him one is a racist unless the person that calls him the ghetto assed nigger is black.</p><p>I can&#39;t keep it straight in my head.</p> ]]></content:encoded> </item> <item><title>By: Justice58</title><link>http://www.jackandjillpolitics.com/2009/09/kanye-west-at-the-vmas-makin-black-people-look-bad/comment-page-1/#comment-285056</link> <dc:creator>Justice58</dc:creator> <pubDate>Wed, 16 Sep 2009 06:43:45 +0000</pubDate> <guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.jackandjillpolitics.com/?p=15010#comment-285056</guid> <description>Chris,&lt;br&gt;&lt;br&gt;My son was actually trying to tell me about Taylor Swift. The younger folks know her very well. Of course...my son likes country music too. &lt;br&gt;Hey, but so do I. I dance to a little country music every now &amp; then.&lt;br&gt;&lt;br&gt;&lt;br&gt;...Yep, I like cowboys! ;)</description> <content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Chris,</p><p>My son was actually trying to tell me about Taylor Swift. The younger folks know her very well. Of course&#8230;my son likes country music too. <br />Hey, but so do I. I dance to a little country music every now &#038; then.</p><p>&#8230;Yep, I like cowboys! ;)</p> ]]></content:encoded> </item> <item><title>By: chris_i_am</title><link>http://www.jackandjillpolitics.com/2009/09/kanye-west-at-the-vmas-makin-black-people-look-bad/comment-page-1/#comment-285051</link> <dc:creator>chris_i_am</dc:creator> <pubDate>Wed, 16 Sep 2009 06:03:10 +0000</pubDate> <guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.jackandjillpolitics.com/?p=15010#comment-285051</guid> <description>Actualy I have heard of Taylor Swift before and she her current CD has sold nearly 5 million copies.</description> <content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Actualy I have heard of Taylor Swift before and she her current CD has sold nearly 5 million copies.</p> ]]></content:encoded> </item> <item><title>By: Myth</title><link>http://www.jackandjillpolitics.com/2009/09/kanye-west-at-the-vmas-makin-black-people-look-bad/comment-page-1/#comment-285035</link> <dc:creator>Myth</dc:creator> <pubDate>Wed, 16 Sep 2009 05:10:39 +0000</pubDate> <guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.jackandjillpolitics.com/?p=15010#comment-285035</guid> <description>Everybody up in here defending Kanye needs to get a grip. There are no excuses for his behavior. He should have learned this lesson in elementary school. Up there trying to tell me that somebody else should of won, gimme a break. This does not have anything to do with, nor does it compare to Joe Wilson. That debacle stands on its own. This is not the first time that Kanye has made straight up ignorant comments, that many validated. Donda West has not made the right impressions on her son for him to be able to function on his own in society. He didn&#039;t know to call Taylor Swift personally to apologize.  Donda raised this boy to be sorry, for sho. This aint about hincty folk trying to put his bratty-azz down. Time out for this BS. He&#039;s a grown-ass man and his comments are not cute anymore; there is no place for him to think that he&#039;s &quot;entitled&quot; to be judge and jury. I don&#039;t care if he was swiggin Hennesy. He has to mature to a level of responsiblity and I don&#039;t see it happening within him. This is what I think oughta happen to this Jackass:&lt;br&gt;&lt;br&gt;#1= Bubba needs to take Kanye to the Woodshed and beat his azz blacker;&lt;br&gt;#2-He&#039;s going to rehab after the POTUS called him a Jackass;&lt;br&gt;#3- Strong lithium to control his dysfunctional-thinking brain&lt;br&gt;#4= Final straw, give him the OJ treatment and give him a real good leaving alone&lt;br&gt;#4</description> <content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Everybody up in here defending Kanye needs to get a grip. There are no excuses for his behavior. He should have learned this lesson in elementary school. Up there trying to tell me that somebody else should of won, gimme a break. This does not have anything to do with, nor does it compare to Joe Wilson. That debacle stands on its own. This is not the first time that Kanye has made straight up ignorant comments, that many validated. Donda West has not made the right impressions on her son for him to be able to function on his own in society. He didn&#39;t know to call Taylor Swift personally to apologize.  Donda raised this boy to be sorry, for sho. This aint about hincty folk trying to put his bratty-azz down. Time out for this BS. He&#39;s a grown-ass man and his comments are not cute anymore; there is no place for him to think that he&#39;s &#8220;entitled&#8221; to be judge and jury. I don&#39;t care if he was swiggin Hennesy. He has to mature to a level of responsiblity and I don&#39;t see it happening within him. This is what I think oughta happen to this Jackass:</p><p>#1= Bubba needs to take Kanye to the Woodshed and beat his azz blacker;<br />#2-He&#39;s going to rehab after the POTUS called him a Jackass;<br />#3- Strong lithium to control his dysfunctional-thinking brain<br />#4= Final straw, give him the OJ treatment and give him a real good leaving alone<br />#4</p> ]]></content:encoded> </item> <item><title>By: Myth</title><link>http://www.jackandjillpolitics.com/2009/09/kanye-west-at-the-vmas-makin-black-people-look-bad/comment-page-1/#comment-285029</link> <dc:creator>Myth</dc:creator> <pubDate>Wed, 16 Sep 2009 04:55:36 +0000</pubDate> <guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.jackandjillpolitics.com/?p=15010#comment-285029</guid> <description>#5--If the President of the United States and all Negroes called you a JACKASS you will be in and out of rehab for the rest of your life. That was damaging.</description> <content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>#5&#8211;If the President of the United States and all Negroes called you a JACKASS you will be in and out of rehab for the rest of your life. That was damaging.</p> ]]></content:encoded> </item> <item><title>By: Admiral_Komack</title><link>http://www.jackandjillpolitics.com/2009/09/kanye-west-at-the-vmas-makin-black-people-look-bad/comment-page-1/#comment-285021</link> <dc:creator>Admiral_Komack</dc:creator> <pubDate>Wed, 16 Sep 2009 04:21:08 +0000</pubDate> <guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.jackandjillpolitics.com/?p=15010#comment-285021</guid> <description>Kanye made Kanye look bad.</description> <content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Kanye made Kanye look bad.</p> ]]></content:encoded> </item> <item><title>By: Town</title><link>http://www.jackandjillpolitics.com/2009/09/kanye-west-at-the-vmas-makin-black-people-look-bad/comment-page-1/#comment-285018</link> <dc:creator>Town</dc:creator> <pubDate>Wed, 16 Sep 2009 04:11:35 +0000</pubDate> <guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.jackandjillpolitics.com/?p=15010#comment-285018</guid> <description>She&#039;s the lil&#039; bama who jumped up on stage with Jay Z and Alicia Keys, causing them to look at her like &quot;Whatchoo doin&#039; here, fool?&quot;</description> <content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>She&#39;s the lil&#39; bama who jumped up on stage with Jay Z and Alicia Keys, causing them to look at her like &#8220;Whatchoo doin&#39; here, fool?&#8221;</p> ]]></content:encoded> </item> <item><title>By: Val</title><link>http://www.jackandjillpolitics.com/2009/09/kanye-west-at-the-vmas-makin-black-people-look-bad/comment-page-1/#comment-285006</link> <dc:creator>Val</dc:creator> <pubDate>Wed, 16 Sep 2009 03:50:07 +0000</pubDate> <guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.jackandjillpolitics.com/?p=15010#comment-285006</guid> <description>raotflmao.  &lt;br&gt;&lt;br&gt;And you would have a point.  hah</description> <content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>raotflmao.</p><p>And you would have a point.  hah</p> ]]></content:encoded> </item> </channel> </rss>
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