In 2005, Kanye West turned a Hurricane Katrina relief telethon into one of the most unforgettable moments in live TV history 😬👇 Standing beside Mike Myers, Ye abandoned the teleprompter and spoke about what he was seeing in New Orleans: predominantly Black communities stranded without help, a painfully slow government response, and media coverage describing Black survivors taking supplies as “looting” while white survivors were portrayed as “looking for food.” Then he looked into the camera and said seven words that immediately became part of American culture: “George Bush doesn’t care about black people.” The anger behind it extended far beyond Kanye. Days later, polling found 66% of Black Americans believed the government would have responded faster if Katrina’s victims were mostly white. Ye had taken a conversation already happening across Black America and forced millions of people watching national television to confront it. The aftermath followed both men for years. Bush lat...