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Everyone’s favourite self-professed god/Taylor Swift interruptor/person willing to marry into the Kardashian family is on the cover of GQ this month. This is what he looks like:

While this article is about Kanye, we won’t pretend that we don’t want to read about a ‘Boob-ier Tube’. Because we do.

The most interesting excerpt from the interview came when West was quizzed about his wedding speech:

“From the art world.” Oh, Kanye. Babe. Mate. This is not a Capulet-Monague arrangement. You are not from different worlds. You and Kim are both just as likely to take $10,000,000 to appear at a 16th birthday party for a sheikh’s daughter.

But we digress.

Let’s talk about comparing celebrity status to segregation laws and the civil rights movement. What a logical, well-considered analogy for Mr Yeezus to draw. Because Rosa Parks definitely held her pre-wedding party at Versailles.

However, we should not allow this incident to tarnish our opinions of the whole Kardashian-West clan. Remember the time Kim Kardashian spoke about actual racism, after experiencing a racial slur and becoming a mother? She said:

So, Kanye. In sum:

1. Your wife being called a “n—-r lover” and worrying about how your the colour of your child’s skin will affect her life = legitimate (although still kind of tenuous) opportunity to draw an analogy to the experiences of African Americans in the 1960s.

2. Your family’s (totally self-imposed and income-providing) celebrity status = not a legitimate opportunity to draw an analogy to the experiences of African Americans in the 1960s.

Glad we cleared that up.

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