Kanye West: 'Now it's more classism'

Kanye West believes racism is a "dated concept".

The rapper opened up to Clique about the use of the 'n' word and white people singing along to his 'N*ggas in Paris' song.

The US star said: "It's difficult for black people right now. It does hurt when we hear that [word] because we're still in a generation that remembers when racism was a big thing that held people back.

"Now it's more classism, it's more social...your class and where your financial standing is that can hold you back, because obviously there are some black people that have broken the concept of race like Obama, Jay Z.

"Racism is a dated concept. It's like a silly concept that people try to touch on to separate, to alienate, to pinpoint anything. It's stupid."

West added: "Let them literally fight over the bouncing ball. And the bouncing ball has nothing, no purpose, anything other than it bounces. That's racism. It's not an actual thing that even means anything.

"It's something that was used to hold people back in the past, but now there's been so many leaps and breaking of the rules that it's played out, like a style from the 1800s."

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