Kanye West Wears ‘White Lives Matter’ Shirt Throughout Runway Present

Kanye West, conservative pundit Candace Owens and at least one model had been seen sporting shirts with “White Lives Matter” printed on the again throughout his shock Yeezy Season 9 vogue present in Paris on Monday.

Earlier than kicking off the runway portion of the night time, West gave a speech whereas sporting the T-shirt and referenced a number of subjects, however didn’t make clear or give consideration to his use of the “White Lives Matter” slogan. The phrase, additionally referenced as “All Lives Matter,” grew to become popularized by white supremacist teams and far-right organizations in 2013 in response to the Black Lives Matter motion.

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West has made related vogue statements previously; famously sporting Donald Trump’s “Make America Nice Once more” throughout his ill-fated 2020 presidential run. Identical to that incident, many followers are chalking West’s political assertion on the runway as publicity for the present, whereas members of the far-right are seizing the eye as their very own.

On the time, West informed the Wall Road Journal the controversy surrounding the MAGA hat was “classist” as he believed the backlash was correlated to the expectations America had positioned on him as a Black man from Chicago: “It jogged my memory of how I felt as a Black man earlier than I used to be well-known once I would stroll in a restaurant and other people would have a look at you such as you had been going to steal one thing. ‘That is your house, Ye, don’t discuss attire. That is your house, Ye, you’re Black, so that you’re a Democrat.’”

Different parts of the present featured a choir of youngsters, reportedly from West’s Donda Academy, and West’s daughter North modeling all-black outfits.