White Privilege? Black Self- Hate? Self- Crucifixion?

Ok so now that the fire has died down on the whole Kanye issue, I feel like I can approach this from a somewhat neutral playing field. I mean I know what Kanye did was wrong and I recognize how hurtful it must have been for poor little Taylor Swift but all of a sudden Kanye West is the enemy of the state? I am not understanding how quickly we kill and bury our celebrities in this world. One of my favorite tweeters on Twitter is @bevlove and she made a joke in one of her statuses that read "white people stick together." and as funny as that may be it is so true of them and not so much about us. I know what Kanye did was rude...yes it was out of line and yes oh yes it was Kanye West and "we all know how he is" but all I am saying is that had it been a Jonas Brother or Darren Brand (who may I add is always highly rude and disrespectful as a host) do you really think their white followers/fans would have thrown them under the bus as easily as we did Kanye? 

And that question goes not only for him but for all the other celebrities, especially black male figures, who we criticize and tear to shreds at their first sign of human weakness i.e.-Whitney Houston, Michael Jackson, Chris Brown etc...we ridicule both privately and publicly, our Icons. Our comedians make them spectacles for all to see and we allow it, we agree with it, in fact we love it. And this is something I dont see happen a lot in other cultures. For example, even years after Elvis Presley's death (which was due to drug overdose) there still has been very little discussion about his deep, dark secrets, his womanizing or battle with narcotics that almost broke him but we will never let anyone forget that Whitney Houston had a bout with drugs even now that she is fully recovered. We like to see each other fall it seems and it feels like we have more to do with the fall than "the man". 

I want to lie out some facts for you: Kanye interrupts Taylor Swift at the Video Music Awards ( an award show that has absolutely nothing to do with any of our lives) and people talk about it like he killed a group of schoolchildren at close range but Joe Wilson interrupts the President of the United States during a speech that could decide how we fair in healthcare for many years to come and we hear about it for maybe 2 days? Hmmmm consider it.

I just wrote this to say that maybe if we start within ourselves respecting our icons and making our voices heard in a positive light, maybe we wouldn't have so much distance to cover when trying to change the way people see us. "Its just my thoughts...right or wrong..."

Sincerely,

@bestnewactress