And if you think Kanye doesn’t really believe those discrimination charges, that’s even worse. He’s perpetuating racial tensions in this country for his own gain! How selfish can you get? His father was a Black Panther, he should have learned how hard the Civil Rights fight was, and here he is trying to create more racial tension. Despicable!

(In other words – while his comments about racism were clearly uncalled for and do nothing to help current racial tensions, I doubt that he actually believes that he is being discriminated against, and think that he is instead doing what all performers do – performing to gain rapport with, and profit from, their fans.)

Uh, I guess that’s a largely cynical view of “art” and “expression” though and of course one could certainly argue that art should only be undertaken in the pursuit of truth and as the expression thereof and not purely as a profit seeking enterprise – under which premise your reasoning would be completely solid. However, given that America (and American culture, which seems to be the topic of your post here) was founded more on the principle of economic self-determination and less on the purest principles of philosophical ideology, I still think that your argument is rather unfounded, even if it is more idealistically pure.