I’m not very familiar with Kanye West, except that I know he has won a few grammy awards and he has created a foundation to battle school dropout rates.
Any respect I had for the man has since fizzled after hearing his remarks on last Saturday night’s “A Concert for Hurricane Relief” seen on NBC. West’s remarks appeared to be racist, in my opinion. Here’s a few ignorant notables spoken by West:
“George Bush doesn’t care about black people.”
America is set up “to help the poor, the black people, the less well-off as slow as possible.”
“I hate the way they portray us [African Americans] in the media. If you see a black family, it says they’re looting. See a white family, it says they’re looking for food.”
“They’ve given them permission to go down and shoot us [African-Americans].”
For me, the highlight of the concert was hearing Tim McGraw sing “More Power to Ya,” a Christian song written and performed by Petra on their 1982 album with the same name. Petra was the first Christian rock band I listened to. I appreciate the band because they were trailblazers in the genre of Christian rock and heavily influenced many of the bands I listened to in the future (and still do).
This is where the rubber meets the road. As Christians, we are commanded to help the poor and needy, the fatherless and the widow. Please send contributions to the Red Cross.
Tags: [Red Cross, Tim McGraw, Petra, Christian rock, Christian music, Kanye West]
