In a recent on-the-spot interview with TMZ, Sharon Osbourne stated that she
wants her $900,000 gift from Black Lives Matter returned.
At Paris Fashion Week, where the rapper was wearing a t-shirt bearing the
statement, the 69-year-old music manager and wife of Black Sabbath vocalist
Ozzy Osbourne was asked for her thoughts on Kanye West's White Lives Matter
controversy.
It is commonly believed that the slogan "White Lives Matter" was
appropriated from the "Black Lives Matter" movement, which opposed racial
injustice, discrimination, and police brutality. The Anti-Defamation League
has labeled this saying as a hate slogan.
Reporters filmed Osbourne as she traveled along Rodeo Drive in Hollywood
and questioned her: "Have you followed anything about Kanye West? What do
you think? He appeared on Fox News to debate with Tucker Carlson, and now
everyone wants to fire him."
She answered: "Why white lives don't matter beyond me. I fail to comprehend
it. It is not my style or culture. Nothing of that makes any sense to me.
Life matters to everyone, don't you think?"
Do you concur with Kanye's argument? Next, Osbourne was questioned.
"I'm not sure what his argument is. I'm not sure, which is why I said I
couldn't respond. I'm not sure what his point is "She answered.
Then, according to reporters, Kanye said: "Everyone knows that Black Lives
Matter was a fraud."
According to Sharon's statement to TMZ: "Oh well, we contributed $900,000
to that, I'd want my money back please, and I chuckled. Wish he had been
able to say that sooner!"
The previous X Factor judge continued, saying: "People can't be forced to
stop living their lives or acting in certain ways. Leave the individual
alone and refrain from visiting his social media pages or listening to his
music."
Ye's remarks on the Black Lives Matter movement were made in the midst of
debate about his choice to appear at his most recent Yeezy fashion show
wearing a White Lives Matter shirt.
After George Floyd was killed in 2020, the Black Lives Matter movement
gained notoriety with a focus on highlighting the innate racial disparity
and prejudice that Black people suffer. The movement created history through
its dedication to addressing the systemic disparities holding back
underprivileged groups, which led to thousands of protests around the
world.
Nevertheless, there has been some criticism around Black Lives Matter.
Samaria Rice, the mother of 12-year-old Tamir Rice, and Lisa Simpson, the
mother of 18-year-old Richard Risher, both of whom were slain by police in
2021, chastised the movement for making money from the murders of their
sons.
According to the New York Post, Simpson said the movement raised $5,000 for
her son's burial but alleges she never got the money.
Rice and Simpson stated in a joint statement, "We never hired them to be
the spokesmen in the struggle for justice for our deceased loved ones slain
by the police.
"The "activists" hold rallies in our cities but haven't provided us with
anything of value in exchange for putting the names and photographs of our
loved ones on their posters. When one of our loved ones passes away, we
don't want or need you to parade around the streets collecting money,
platforms, movie deals, etc. while the families and communities are left in
the dark and broken "Then the statement went on.
In a now-deleted Facebook post, Breonna Taylor's mother also denounced the
movement, writing: "I have never directly interacted with BLM Louisville and
personally have found them to be scam [sic]."
Taylor, Rice, and Simpson made their declarations immediately after The New
York Post reported that Patrisse Khan-Cullors, the movement's co-founder,
had bought numerous multimillion dollar houses.
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