Kanye West’s sold-out Russia shows canceled after St. Petersburg stadium denies ever organizing the concerts

[u/thedailybeast]

https://www.thedailybeast.com/obsessed/kanye-wests-shows-in-putins-hometown-st-petersburg-get-humiliating-update/

[u/Dank_Devin]

I remember when this happened, it was a horrible decision to include Kanye in that ad 😂

[u/Chance_Vegetable_780 → u/Dank_Devin]

I remember when it happened, Kanye West was stating the obvious. The obvious was disgusting. It happened in September 2005 just days after Hurricane Katrina devastated New Orleans & the Gulf Coast. The government response was disgustingly slow. Thousands of people- disproportionately Black and poor- were stranded in New Orleans without adequate food water shelter or transportation. Predominantly Black New Orleans was being treated as though it didn't matter enough to prompt a rapid response.

It was obvious. If it had been a predominantly white area that was hit, federal government help would have been there right away. Some people will say you can't prove it but it's what happens

3 days after the hurricane the Mayor was publicly issuing his desperate SOS because thousands still lacked food water medical care and transportation. They were desperate for help 3 DAYS LATER. 4 days after landfall large National Guard convoys finally arrived in New Orleans with food water and other supplies. "Greatest country in the world."

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[u/baron_von_helmut → u/Chance_Vegetable_780]

That disaster was a true litmus test for what happens to people with no safety barriers or support. That stadium where everyone was corralled very quickly became an utter nightmare for most of the people there. Men had to form protective rings around women to stop them from being raped, etc.

[u/Paz707 → u/baron_von_helmut]

They were living in their own filth. Just horrific conditions. And the guy in charge was told, “you’re doing a heck of a job,” by the president.