“George Bush doesn’t care about Black people” 20 years later

On September 2, 2005, on a telethon to raise money for victims of Hurricane Katrina, Kanye West went off script and said, “George Bush doesn’t care about Black people.” 20 years later, would those words have the same impact today?

In this episode, Brittany, NPR music correspondent Rodney Carmichael, and Code Switch’s Leah Donella revisit that moment and dissect why those words rippled through the nation. They investigate how race and politics intersected decades ago and how those words still cast a shadow over American politics now…from what celebrities are willing to say to power and why or why not.

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