in west philadelphia, born n' raised... ([info]feverously) wrote in [info]ohnotheydidnt,
@ 2008-07-23 11:45:00
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Kanye West Gives Back / Whoopi Talks About Being Black

In this next installment of “Choose or Lose,” MTV’s ongoing campaign to bring awareness to young veterans issues, MTV News and Kanye West have teamed up to tell the stories of returning veterans in the powerful documentary “Choose or Lose & Kanye West Present: Homecoming” set to air on Monday, July 28 at 10pm ET/PT.

In this one hour special, Kanye, along with Sway Calloway, give recently returned Afghanistan and Iraq war veterans the surprise of their lives by unexpectedly visiting their homes. Viewers will see first-hand the difficult and often painful challenges young vets face when they return home.

“There are hundreds of veterans out there who are falling through the cracks. They make the ultimate sacrifices for us by laying down their lives, but it seems like a lot of them just get forgotten about,” West said. “I know my music inspires and helps a lot of people, but you can always do more. I teamed up with MTV and took the opportunity to share the spotlight with these veterans and hear their stories. I went to their homes to listen and get their firsthand experiences. I wanted to hear their stories.”

On behalf of MTV and the Dr. Donda West Foundation, Sway and Kanye gave each veteran a life changing gift. Debts were paid off, rents were taken care of and tuitions were funded. Make sure to tune in.

Whoopi Goldberg's interview for "Black in America"


WHERE DID YOU LEARN THAT?
SCHOOL BITCH! SCHOOL!

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[info]slr32
2008-07-23 04:04 pm UTC (link)
"Kanye, along with Sway Calloway, give recently returned Afghanistan and Iraq war veterans the surprise of their lives by unexpectedly visiting their homes."

That's nice, but I think they'd rather have money.

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[info]feverously
2008-07-23 04:05 pm UTC (link)
You didn't read. :(

On behalf of MTV and the Dr. Donda West Foundation, Sway and Kanye gave each veteran a life changing gift. Debts were paid off, rents were taken care of and tuitions were funded. Make sure to tune in.

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[info]hardcoresince3
2008-07-23 04:06 pm UTC (link)
that's amazing. I'm not a fan of kanye but I definitely respect as a person & musician

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[info]hardcoresince3
2008-07-23 04:06 pm UTC (link)
kanye's music

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[info]demented_21
2008-07-23 04:28 pm UTC (link)
Agreed!

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[info]slr32
2008-07-23 04:10 pm UTC (link)
Oops, that's what I get for skimming!

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[info]tanya1976
2008-07-23 04:08 pm UTC (link)
Coolness all around!

Whoopi, I hear ya!

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[info]becky3306
2008-07-23 04:15 pm UTC (link)
I love them both. Now that Whoopi's on there, I DVR The View so I can watch it everyday.

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[info]impeding
2008-07-23 04:16 pm UTC (link)
some things that kanye says really anger me and he seems like a sellout, but this is one of the nicest things i have heard of him doing.

and whoopi, i am on board.

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[info]lemonsherry
2008-07-23 04:44 pm UTC (link)
lol wut sellout.

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[info]fmlyhm_x3
2008-07-23 04:19 pm UTC (link)
yay sway!

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[info]akisamexamaya
2008-07-23 04:19 pm UTC (link)
Aww, that is nice of them.

Kanye can be a douche but, he seems to be really caring and awesome. Ilh.

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[info]inizi_dolci
2008-07-23 04:20 pm UTC (link)
i'm probably going to cry when i watch that kanye thing.
i just accidentally watched animal precinct which was a mistake because i cried :(

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[info]fmlyhm_x3
2008-07-23 04:21 pm UTC (link)
also, whoopi, i always wonder why a cop is following me.

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[info]aurosan
2008-07-23 04:29 pm UTC (link)
GOD THANK YOU WHOOPI

i am so fucking SICK of all the backhanded bullshit people try to spout out in attempt to make themselves look progressive

no matter what minority group it is im sick of people enabling and setting the standards INHERENTLY LOWER, then being surprised then someone of a different race, religion, or sexuality isn't completely and totally incapable

it seriously fucking enrages me

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[info]inorio
2008-07-23 04:53 pm UTC (link)
eh, i'm asian. our standards are set higher than everyone else, and if you end up average, you're a disappointment.

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[info]demented_21
2008-07-23 04:29 pm UTC (link)
I love them both.

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[info]witnessthine
2008-07-23 04:35 pm UTC (link)
Whoopi is making too much sense as usual. I've seen people's necks almost break when they hear me speak up in class or in public for the first time.

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[info]empress_jae
2008-07-23 04:37 pm UTC (link)
can someone summarize what whoopi says? i'm at work. thanks!

nevermind. i forget sometimes i have an office door i can close.

whoopi speaks the truth. i hate, hate, HATE when white people "compliment" me for amazing articulation. and i can't tell you how many times i've been asked "how many children do you have?" what...i'm single, black, and female. so i'm automatically supposed to have kids? *sigh*

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[info]ladytia
2008-07-23 05:14 pm UTC (link)
You and me both girl! I get that whenever I'm out with a young member of my family, as if it's totally not possible for a young Black female to have young family members that she didn't spawn.

I get the "You speak so well" comment a lot. In fact, my Lit prof told me, "Oh, you read that so well!" as if she thought people my color can't read or do it without some "ghetto twang".

I go to Texas A&M, so I guess I should have expected that. I could swear that Blacks are the smallest minority group there.

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[info]arisma
2008-07-23 05:28 pm UTC (link)
You know, now I feel awful. Whenever I have a conversation with someone that's particularly pleasant I tend to comment on peoples articulation, if that's what lead to the enjoyable conversation. I do it with absolutely anyone, even little kids, but now I kind of feel I need to cut that word out because it's not meant to be condescending and I really don't want it coming across that way.

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[info]empress_jae
2008-07-23 05:40 pm UTC (link)
well, i think in your situation, (at least how you explained it) it's a bit different then what i and others have experienced. you said you say it to everyone, which to me means you have a genuine admiration for whatever it was that person (of whatever race) said to you. i'm referring to, oh say for example, when i used to manage a high end retail store (as the only female AND black employee.) and one of my associates would have a problem arise with a customer. obviously, it was my duty to smooth things out and make sure the customer was smiling and happy when they left. i can't tell you how many times i've had white customers smile at me, thank me for my help and say, "wow! you speak so well!" right to my face. as if i was a puppy and they were patting me on the head for not pissing on the carpet. i'm talking about the people who only see the stereotypical black folks on the news that the media perpetrates and leads them to believe that ALL black people are incapable of speaking "well", so to them, it's a special situation that deserves a "compliment" when they do come across a black person who speaks "well".

sorry, didn't meant to go on like that. i just didn't want you to think that what you were doing was wrong or should make you feel bad. :)

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[info]arisma
2008-07-23 05:50 pm UTC (link)
Well, okay, see, here's my problem though. I really do say it to everyone. I've got a big fascination with language and words and when I talk to someone that speaks in an especially appealing way I do tend to comment on it because I get a big kick out of it. There's no real easy way to explain that that doesn't sound a whole lot creepier than it really is so I go with complimenting articulation, because I figure that's the closest accurate description. I never realized that's a word that was ever used in a puppy dog fashion, and now every time I say it I'm going to wonder if it's coming across that way. lol, totally ruined my word, bb. :(

But really, thank you. I have no idea how many people I've said that to over the years that took it in the more common way and I hate thinking I gave people that feeling. It's got to be such a mix of embarrassing and enraging. I'll find a new word, it's totally worth the bother.

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[info]silverfox1027
2008-07-23 05:35 pm UTC (link)
ughhh ia

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[info]avacado
2008-07-23 05:40 pm UTC (link)
Ugh, I hate the kid thing. People ask me how my children are doing and I tell them I don't have children and they act shocked. Why is it so strange that there are black women who don't have kids? I also have others blacks that are shocked I don't have kids either.

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[info]empress_jae
2008-07-23 05:41 pm UTC (link)
i used to tell myself that it was my curvy hips that led people to believe that i had children. but then i had to stop fooling myself. epsecially after i lost weight and it STILL continued to happen.

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[info]nati_naty
2008-07-23 09:39 pm UTC (link)
I'm mexican, but I've had people say I talk like a white girl?!?! Pisses me off. What am I supposed to speak like a chola? Igdi

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[info]weird_lilith
2008-07-23 10:13 pm UTC (link)
After I first introduced my black boyfriend to some of my white friends, the comment I got the most was "he really doesn't sound black!".

Ridiculous.

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[info]lemonsherry
2008-07-23 04:42 pm UTC (link)
i want to watch this show.

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[info]tokincarebear
2008-07-23 04:45 pm UTC (link)
Kanye and I should date because I'm very self centered and so is he - but I smoke pot so I am really relaxed and laid back. I would roll him a blunt everytime he's about to go off. I like him, I want him to write a song about me.

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[info]kirili
2008-07-23 05:33 pm UTC (link)
That. is such. hilarious perversion of Bob Dylan.

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[info]avacado
2008-07-23 04:52 pm UTC (link)
This makes Kanye awesome.

I agree with Whoopi 100%. I don't know how many times I've hear people tell me that I'm articulate. I went to school and I learned how to read and write like everyone else. So saying "Wow, you're articulate." is not a compliment.

The other thing is saying I'm pretty for a black girl. What's that suppose to mean. Like black people are just ass ugly and I somehow won the genetic lotto. Why can't I be pretty just to be pretty?

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[info]kirili
2008-07-23 05:35 pm UTC (link)
... I really don't understand why people say "you are pretty for [nationality/ethnic group]"

It's SO obviously rude and insulting... I wonder how they don't get that.

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[info]empress_jae
2008-07-23 05:50 pm UTC (link)
and I somehow won the genetic lotto.

that really made me lol! but i totally agree with you. an old buddy of mine admitted to me that i was the first black girl he'd ever been attracted to, and that he and most of his male friends never look at black girls. i asked him, why not. he said he just doesn't find black girls to be pretty. i said, how do you know if they're pretty or not if you don't look at them?

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[info]inflamesforyou
2008-07-23 05:54 pm UTC (link)
i forgot about whoop

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[info]ozzman05
2008-07-23 06:04 pm UTC (link)
Whoopi is the best.

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[info]sunoftheskye
2008-07-23 06:16 pm UTC (link)
LMFAO!

School! BITCH! SCHOOL!

EXACTLY. I remember this substitute teacher in middle school SPECIFICALLY saying to me she thought I had gone to a magnet school because she wasn't sure how a black boy could speak so well.

UHM...I READ???

What the fuck.

Some white people are so fucking clueless. And Barbara Walters didn't get it.

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[info]nogular
2008-07-23 10:48 pm UTC (link)
People are shocked when they find out my first language was Spanish, because I don't sound Mexican. I was raised with English-speaking television like the rest of America, thank you very much.

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[info]chingaa
2008-07-24 11:19 am UTC (link)
Yeah I definitely love Kayne now, he may be a diva, but at least he's a good harted one.

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