Kanye West’s campaign rally in South Carolina on Sunday drew our attention with his appalling misinterpretation of Harriet Tubman’s legacy when he said Tubman “never actually freed the slaves.” Although his comments received much backlash, followed by an intense tweetstorm about his personal life and family, it was too easy for people to dismiss the comments as just a trivial viral sensation.
Kanye West’s campaign rally in South Carolina on Sunday drew our attention with his appalling misinterpretation of Harriet Tubman’s legacy when he said Tubman “never actually freed the slaves.” Although his comments received much backlash, followed by an intense tweetstorm about his personal life and family, it was too easy for people to dismiss the comments as just a trivial viral sensation.
