Don't Dismiss Kanye's Message to Trump

Kanye West seems to have drunk the Kool-Aid of Trump this maybe what got him an audience with President Trump and why Trump praised the rapper. Hopefully Kanye West’s innovative ideas were heard between the worshiping and praise and crazy side bars.  Many of you may have had a hard time listening to Kanye’s important message because it was hard not to focus on the manic talk of the hat, or his reality show presentation that you have to admit out did Trump’s normal take the conversation over.  Trump sat back with folded arms for a lot of the meeting which we don’t see him do very often.

As much as Kanye West’s worship of Trump distracted me Kanye shared many good ideas. Starting with Kanye not denying that Trump is racist, his response “Racism can not control me.”  Kanye expounded examples of bad racism in the way he believes Liberals use racism to try to control black people.  I never thought I would see Trump listening to a conversation about racism, maybe it's all in the way you talk about it.  Calling someone out as racist stops any kind of constructive conversation that follows. Kayne by turning the conversation on him and his push back on racism I have to admit was inspiring.

Halfway into the Fox News interview Kanye got the opportunity to layout his ideas he had come to talk about.  Starting with his number one issue “Stop and frisk” he unapologetically told Trump does not help his people in the cities saying several times “Stop and frisk” has got to stop.  Kanye and his wife Kim have a clothing line and want to open up factories in Chicago Kanye advocated for new tax breaks because manufacturing here in the USA costs too much. These taxes could create Trump factories because he’s a master builder Kanye again sandwiching his ideas between praises for Trump.  

Kanye’s ideas sprang out fast fragmented between reality show bits and praise for Trump.  He did have a good idea in block leaders creating curriculum in the schools for people who came from the streets not just people who want to set us up to go to a work or go to the prison system.  These ideas from Kanye on schooling are no new messages but Kanye managed to an audience with Trump and seemed to be listened to.  Kanye started by saying school is boring we have to make school more interesting than a cell phone, we need to have mixed curriculum students need to learn about music while meditating in the morning, we to have bring back a mix of mental health and art programs into the city schools.  Good for you Kanye you got national media coverage airing great ideas so let’s don’t dismiss these ideas because of the presentation.

Kanye put out good ideas for prison reform when he used Larry Hoover, as an example of a person in the prison system who started turning his live around when he was hit with 7 live sentences, pointing out our harsh prison system. The Chicago Sun Times recently published an article call Larry Hoover’s loudest advocates believe that imprisoned Gangster Disciples leader would be a voice for peace in Chicago.  Kanye in his backing of Larry Hoover’s plight brings a strong message to prison reform and the victimization of African Americans.

When asked about gun control Kanye pointed out Illegal guns are the problem, we have a right to carry guns. He went on to send a message to stop worrying about the future, black people have a problem with “again” all we really have is today because of the idea of racism it hurts us today.  Kanye brought red hats for Trump that read “Make America Great.”  Yet another example of sandwiching in praise for Trump while talking about a serious and personal issue.

What got to me more than Kanye’s part of the talk was Trump's positive responded to Kanye saying “I’m open he can speak for me any time,” Trump said as he praised Kanye saying he has been a fan of the rapper for a very long time. Trump’s history of saying one thing one moment and contradicting himself the next I found this statement hard to believe in contrast to Kanye’s sincerity.