Ep. 688 - Why we can't simply ignore Kanye West

The Breakdown with Shaun King

The North Star

News, Society & Culture

4.8 • 12.6K Ratings

🗓️ 7 October 2022

⏱️ 7 minutes

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Summary

I see hundreds of you asking me, and others, to simply ignore Kanye. I get it. I wish it was that simple, but when someone that influential, spouts so much foolishness across social media and cable television, a public critique is required.

What I have learned across 25 years of public leadership is that harmful public rhetoric has to be confronted publicly - as an act of public education.

Let me unpack and explain it.

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0:20.6	I wish that it was as simple as all of us simply ignoring Kanye.
0:26.6	I wish it was that simple.
0:29.0	Let me explain to you, let me unpack and explain to you why we have to actually respond
0:34.8	to this man and offer public critique for his public foolishness.
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