Kanye West has spawned a new group of detractors with his latest stunt of wearing a "White Lives Matter" t-shirt at the opening of Yeezy SZN 9.
Of the many who've come out against Ye's shirt and the message it beared, Ahmaud Arbery's mother, Wanda Cooper-James, provided a scathing critique of the billionaire artist and the implications of wearing that shirt.
In a statement delivered through her attorney Lee Merritt, Cooper-James stated “As a result of his display ‘White Lives Matter’ started trending in the U.S., which would directly support and legitimize extremist behavior, [much] like the behavior that took the life of her son,” adding, “That is the thing that Wanda and families like hers continue to fight against.”
“This mockery of the Black Lives Matter movement and his now denunciation of the movement as some sort of hoax flies directly in the face [of what he’s said,]” the statement continued. “It’s confusing for her, it’s confusing for the families to receive his support privately, but publicly to set us all back.”
Source: Rollingstone.com
