Chance The Rapper is not one to shy away from the topic of racism. The Grammy Award winner appeared on ABC’s The View and was asked about the recent incident in which someone spray-painted a racial slur on the home of NBA star LeBron James. Lil Chano gave a thoughtful answer that addressed the realities for African Americans, including those who’ve attained a high status in their careers.
“It’s kind of a common pattern in America’s history,” Chance said. “When people that look like me get to a certain point of success … I mean LeBron James is, to me, the greatest of all-time basketball player, and people want to remind you of how they view you as a second class citizen. There’s not much you can do other than keep thriving.”
Chance’s statement echoed the sentiments of James, who was even more direct with his assessment of the situation. Before leading his Cleveland Cavaliers into the 2017 NBA Finals, the All-Star was forced to address the treatment of the black community due to the disgusting act of vandalism.
“Just shows that racism will always be a part of the world, part of America,” James said at the NBA Finals media day on Wednesday (May 31). “Hate in America, especially for African Americans, is living every day. It is hidden most days. It is alive every single day. I think back to Emmett Till’s mom and the reason she had an open casket, she wanted to show the world what her son went through in terms of a hate crime in America. No matter how much money you have, how famous you are, how much people admire you, being black in America is tough.”
Chance’s stop by The View also addressed his thoughts on President Donald Trump’s stance on Chicago and his motivation for donating money to Chicago Public Schools. The politically active artist also rejected the notion of running for public office, stating that such a position would limit his ability to help others.
Watch the second part of Chance’s appearance on The View below.
But white people are so quick to denounce racism and say we always pull the race card. Sweeping racism under the rug and ignoring it only makes it worse. It still exists and always will.
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U write books for comments on here so I know you don’t get any. It doesn’t matter what my preference is, it’s 2017 we’re open about our homosexuality, it’s not the 70’s. Idiot.
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Ask yo momma to buy u alphabet soup.
Some of these nijjas are bitches too. And some of these nijjas look just like u.
U my colorful talking friend need to join the trump army. Its all about getting this dough, for really tho’! By taking taxes down baby. Way down. U up for it dogg? Gotta hit those semase street videos first, for really tho’.
Real spit doe. Errbody K all muthafuccin dizzay!
U welcome taxes down never forget
These white bitches were so QUICK to change the narrative and focus on the bullshit music instead of the reality of black people getting the short end of the stick by racist WHITES amongst other races. Well done, white hoes.
who cares what this wide eyed bug faced shit has to say about anything?
Did it ever occur to anyone that maybe, just maybe a jealous, crazy african- american dude did this. You mean to tell me there were no security cameras around that home?
Look bi*ch…u take my name again, I’m gon find you and smack you with my D*ck you B*tch you. The only difference in your name is you use a lowercase M instead of an uppercase. Get your own identity you c*nt
We need more blacks like u to join our trump army. All about taking these taxes down. U up for it dogg?
N we need a feisty fucca like u to join this trump army. We need to stop corruption avoid war with russia and get these taxes way down. U up for it son?
Forget that bro. You seem healthy intelligent. Forget socialism. Go full trump baby. Takin taxes down. U down dogg?
you’re an a$$hole
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Black people are the biggest racist cry babies on the planet. The are even racist against themselves I.e dark skinned negroids.
Sick of listening to the whiney cry babies.
FYI-blacks can’t be racist.
rac·ist
noun
1.
a person who shows or feels discrimination or prejudice against people of other races, or who believes that a particular race is superior to another.
Are we aloud to say N word here? Its a hiphop site and thus we listen to the N word a lot. The problem is blacks MUST learn socialism is our deathnote to all. No more voting DEM black people ok? Its all about getting these taxes down baby.
There’s nothing wrong with homosexuality….or…beastiality. I sometimes take a pail, pour in the moonshine and throw in a couple of pills mashed up, swirl it, hit the barn with my animals, my pigs, my cows. Wake up with my pants down and sticky fingertips. But hey, my animals seem happier each morning.
Yeah lets worry about a rich black muthafucka that dont give 2 shits about the black community. Racism stops when both Black and White stop being racists. I know a LOT of black people that openly say they hate ALL white people. So stop this BS. Ever since i got to this country the most racist MF’s I have ever seen is the Black and White Trailer Ghetto Trash. Look at most of these rich rappers nowadays, black ghetto trailer trash.
This guy is programmed to be shoved in your face and replace Kanye West…..NEXT!
We need to be careful not to empower individuals that have a goal of magnifying hatred. Racism is still very prevalent in this country and no one in their right mind would deny that. But let’s look at this for what it really is…. ONE person writing an ignorant message on one person’s home. That’s not discounting the other recent incidents at all, but this is a country of 321 million people and we can’t let the extreme idiots of any ideology hijack the image of our country. America is a reflection of the world more than any other country and that means we need to take the bad but we also can’t ignore the good. There are many people of different races that are not following this regression of race relations. There are many people out there respecting people for who they are and not judging people based on appearance. Institutional racism certainly exists and unfortunately until a new civil rights leader steps up until the void that has never really been filled since MLK, there’s not going to be much progress made. BUT, we all have the ability to do something. It starts with individual respect and kindness and believe it or not, that happens in this country every day. Don’t buy into the strictly negative race dialogue that the media pushes on us.
Ignore the trolls. They lead a sad existence.