Comments on: Ask the White Guy Answers: Was Kanye West Racist?

By: AngloAmerican

AngloAmerican — Mon, 25 Feb 2013 09:19:33 +0000

I think that maybe some people should look up programs such as PEPFAR and tell me if Pres. Bush is still a racist. And if so, what was his motivation for committing to the program?

By: Anonymous

Anonymous — Tue, 07 Dec 2010 18:57:21 +0000

Thank you, Luke Visconti! When I read your responses to the Guest commenting on the article, it made me smile. Thank you.

By: Anonymous

Anonymous — Mon, 22 Nov 2010 13:23:02 +0000

Kayne West said he was sorry. George Bush accepted that and he harbors no hard feelings towards Kayne. Now, here comes Luke Visconti telling a black man (Kayne West) what to say and how to act. What? A black man is not allowed to think for himself, according to Luke Visconti? I respect Kayne West for being gracious enough to admit when he’s blundered. I cannot respect someone who owns a company (Diversity, Inc) that simply exists to tell black people who they may speak to and what they must say. Apparently, Kayne West’s skin is a tad too dark for your taste. I pity you. Go ahead, write some smarta$$ed lame comback. It’s YOUR stupid website and you, “The White Guy” are the “decider”.

By: Anonymous

Anonymous — Wed, 17 Nov 2010 08:41:19 +0000

I think Kanye’s earlier comments could be indicative, or reflective, of racism he felt in his own heart. Remember, “the thief thinks everyone steals.” We shouldn’t go around accusing people of being racist for no reason. Still, he did apologize for his unwarranted remarks, and that counts for something.

By: Anonymous

Anonymous — Tue, 16 Nov 2010 10:26:14 +0000

“”I don’t think Kanye West’s remarks were racist. Technically, they couldn’t be racist—because they were from a Black man to a white man (racism can only be directed down the economic scale, not up). At best, they could have been bigoted—but that’s a semantic argument that’s lost on most people.”

Kanye West makes more money than George Bush. Therefore, your statement is incorrect.

By: Anonymous

Anonymous — Mon, 15 Nov 2010 21:10:42 +0000

I heard your interview on NPR Monday Nov 15th 2010 with McWorther. You were right on time with your view. Mr. West did not call President Bush a “Racist”. He said what I and others had been saying regarding Bush for a long long time. Fact he being a republican, rich, white and from a southern state has been associated with individuals or groups that supposively don’t care about Blacks and black African-Americans in this country. Another thing that I appreciate from you. Your explanation of what “Racism” means, that is relative to economics, is what it was viewed as in my neighborhood back in the 60′s. It was about whites having the power to express their will on blacks as it affected them economicly. Not a social issue but when white prevent blacks from accessing those mechanism that would improve their economic status in life. Jobs, commerce, skills attainment, education, and ect. Today you see it still going on with the issue of Black Farmers getting their settlement money and just lately it was said that Hispanics and Women farmers could get paid from that settlement right away while the Black Farmers woud have to wait for congressional approval. Thats racism in it true form. Thanks for the hard work you have apparently spent deriving the observation skills you possess.

By: Anonymous

Anonymous — Mon, 15 Nov 2010 15:11:49 +0000

That was a different time during the civil rights era without the systems/processes in place for such disasters. A reference in the last few years might be a little more relative. Ok, I guess we will wait until another disaster happens, wait BP. We are still finding the truth about that. Back to the subject, Kanye also has a history of remarks and actions that paints the whole picture.

By: Anonymous

Anonymous — Mon, 15 Nov 2010 08:58:06 +0000

Kanye is a loose cannon who speaks his feelings without much thought. This creates the impression that he is a racist or a bigot. He may be bigotted but I don’t know him well enough to say so. I am not familiar with his music so I can’t say if he shows the same trends there which would not be off the cuff.

By: Anonymous

Anonymous — Sat, 13 Nov 2010 08:27:40 +0000

Maybe readers and Luke should understand how gov’t works before accusing someone of inaction. I guess Bush was wrong in one respect that he assumed the governor and mayor knew what they were doing. Nobody remembers that it wasn’t the storm that did most of the damage it was the levees breaking. He should be a democrat and then he would be celebrated for caring and not doing anything. There is such a double standard. Look at the current President and Haiti.

By: Anonymous

Anonymous — Fri, 12 Nov 2010 15:10:37 +0000

Clearly Diversity INC needs a new White Guy, the one you have is too thoughtful to be an accurate representative of what the majority is angling for. It’s akin to the GOP membership asking Clarence Thomas what the average black man thinks, not going to be accurate. Luke you have been too tainted by sanity to reflect the opinons of Tea Party, Glen Beck watchers and Bush voting Americans