You’re not reaching at all, I’m sure that’s exactly why it was extra harsh. I was just saying that she sounds like me after a night of parting, not that she was partying per se.

I agree with this, and I don’t think anyone would have paid attention if he had said this any other way. I’m not saying this was *exactly the right way* but no one has forgotten it. It was bold, weird, rude, and effective.

I think that’s a very color blind and overly simplistic reading of this situation. Kanye inappropriately expressed the frustration that all people of color feel when our exceptional achievements are consistently ignored and white mediocrity is rewarded instead. He wasn’t trying to be hateful towards Taylor swift, he…