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White supremacy fueled Kanye’s slavery comments, the left says

By Bria Felicien
May 3, 2018

1. The Historian Behind Slavery Apologists Like Kanye West

From The New York Times: "In 1918, Ulrich Bonnell Phillips published "American Negro Slavery," which framed slavery as a labor agreement between masters and happy slaves — facile thinking that persists today."

2. Kanye Fortifies the Pernicious Lies of White Supremacy

The New Republic: "Wake Up, Mr. West!"

3. The ignorance of Kanye West

From Vox: "West says he's a free thinker. His slavery comments show that he doesn't understand history."

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Bria Felicien is a published author and staff writer at the Atlanta Journal-Constitution. She produces podcasts for the AJC.

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