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14. Kanye West
If anybody ever had “short man syndrome” it’s Kanye West. He may be one of the biggest talents on the planet (his words not ours), but he’s actually only a little over 5’8” tall – and that’s quite short.
His quote on Hurricane Katrina is one of his most well-known:”I hate the way they portray us in the media. If you see a black family it says they’re looting, if you see a white family it says they’re looking for food.
And you know that it’s been five days because most of the people are black and even for me to complain about – I would be a hypocrite because I’ve tried turn away from the TV because it’s too hard to watch.
I’ve even been shopping before even giving a donation and so I’m calling my business manager right now to see what is the biggest amount I can give. And just to imagine if I was down there, those are my people down there.
So anybody out there that wants to do anything to help with the set up, the way that America is set up to help the poor, the black people, the less well-off as slow as possible. I mean, Red Cross is doing everything they can. We already realize a lot of the people that could help are at war right now fighting another way and they’ve given them permission to go down and shoot us… George Bush doesn’t care about black people.”