You Got Kanyed: Seen but Not Heard

Abstract

To begin with an anecdote: I own a t-shirt that reads “KANYE WAS RIGHT.” In the aftermath of Hurricane Katrina, and Kanye’s appearance at an NBC fundraiser, where he called out George W. Bush for the ineptitude of his administration, I purchased this shirt from the organization Color of Change, which in the aftermath of the broken levees formed to unify and galvanize a black political voice. Selling these shirts was part of a fundraising push for them; it was also a statement of support and outrage for the treatment endured by African Americans in the aftermath of this national disaster.