"Race is a silly concept that has played out"

jonathan

March 13, 2015 6:54 PM

West says during an interview that race is no longer what puts the biggest gap between people. It has played out.

Kanye West has argued that "racism is a dated concept" in a new interview with a French TV station.

The interview, which was filmed and broadcast by Clique, saw West speak for half an hour on a number of subjects. As has been common in recent interviews he has given, the subject eventually came on to people being held back in life and what the reasons for that may be.It is at this point that West made his comment that race is no longer what puts the biggest gap between people. "Racism is a dated concept," he said. "It's like a silly concept that people try to touch on … to separate, to alienate, to pinpoint anything, it’s stupid. … It's something that was used to hold people back in the past, but now there’s been so many leaps and breaking of the rules that it’s played out, like a style from the 1800s."West filmed the interview in Paris, the same city where it was reported he had his laptop stolen. The reports were subsequently denied. the rapper also played four live dates in the city as part of Paris Fashion Week. All of this follows an eventful week spent in London in which he spoke to students at Oxford University before enlisting the help grime MCs including Novelist and Skepta for a tiny gig at Koko in Camden, which was announced just hours before it began.

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