'We need more leaders like Ye, who are unafraid to tackle tough issues. Every
problem in America isn’t about race or ethnicity, but saying there are
no racial disparities in America is like saying the Earth is flat.'
By Isaiah McCall: I’ll write on until I’m canceled.Might be today, might be tomorrow. So here we go.
I initially wanted to compare Kanye West to Kurtz, the spellbinding, self-destructive madman from Joseph Conrad’s Heart of Darkness.
Kurtz, who’s portrayed as Marlon Brando in Apocalypse Now,
sees the world, in part, for what it is: A savage place full of tragedy
leading him to a narcissistic downward spiral where he destroys
innocent lives — a twisted Machiavellian approach — and ultimately ends
with him losing his mind.
Kanye West is not Kurtz. He’s not mad.
He’s
on the edge; erratic and has no filter, sure, but he’s not the villain
that I’m reading, watching, hearing, and being told to unquestioningly
hate.