Kanye West Sparks Controversy Claiming African Americans are Indigenous, Not Black

Kanye West has made another statement, and this time he refers to African Americans not as black but as “Indian.” Rapper Kanye often attracts attention on social media for his remarks, which typically don’t sit well with many. Well, this time too, he has made a statement, and it’s about African Americans.

Read on to learn more about rapper Kanye West referring to African Americans not as black but as “Indian.”

Kanye West and his controversial statements

Rapper Kanye West, in addition to his albums, also goes viral on social media for his remarks. So far, the rapper has made many statements that didn’t sit well with many. In a recent post on Deathcon 3, he mentioned that Black people are Jewish, after which he was banned on X as well.

There’s another statement of his that has been going viral now. This time, Ye has said that African Americans aren’t Black. In fact, he linked them to descendants of some other group, which may shock you. Yes, Kanye West doesn’t think African Americans are black.

Kanye West calls African American “Indian”

A clip of Kanye West has gone viral on social media where the rapper could be heard giving his opinion about African American. In the same, Ye says “Who cares about crazy?”. He goes on to add then “and by the way, we’re not Black. How ’bout that? We’re not Black, n####. We’re Indian, we’re native American. How many of your grandmothers got Indian in y’all family?”

The rapper then asks a question “But what happened to the Indian? Show me Black on the planet?”. As one stopped recording him, Ye interrupted the person and asked “Why you stop recording?”. He then goes on to make his statements about race.

Kanye West : WE ARE NOT BLACK , WE ARE INDIAN NATIVE AMERICANS . Thoughts 💭 ? pic.twitter.com/MT9q0bJgnu

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More about Kanye West calling African American “Indian”

Rapper Ye also said, “We’re not Black. Race was made up.” This isn’t the first time, though, when Kanye has come up with controversial or shocking statements about races. His antisemitic and anti-black remarks have led to social media bans as well.

All of these incidents have led Kanye to lose some significant deals. He has also faced criticism for his remarks on social media previously. Moreover, his outfits and Italy trip with wife Bianca Censori have drawn a lot of criticism in the past due to their perceived strangeness.

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