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#IfSlaveryWasAChoice trends after Kanye West calls 400 years of slavery "a choice"

Name: #IfSlaveryWasAChoice trends after Kanye West calls 400 years of slavery "a choice"
Uploaded: 2018-05-02T19:43:18-0400
Duration: 7 min 10 s
Description: The hashtag #IfSlaveryWasAChoice was trending on Twitter after rapper Kanye West said 400 years of slavery "sounds like a choice" in an interview Tuesday with TMZ. Danielle Young, a writer and producer for The Root, when asked if Kanye's comments could be a teachable moment called West "a substitute teacher at best."

The hashtag #IfSlaveryWasAChoice was trending on Twitter after rapper Kanye West said 400 years of slavery "sounds like a choice" in an interview Tuesday with TMZ. Danielle Young, a writer and producer for The Root, when asked if Kanye's comments could be a teachable moment called West "a substitute teacher at best."