Italy striker Mario Ballotelli has hit out at Rapper Kanye West after the latter remarked that he felt like 400 years of slavery for Africans was a choice.
The rapper had been a guest at TMZ’s headquarters and while there he said; “When you hear about slavery for 400 years… for 400 years? That sounds like a choice.
“You was there for 400 years and it’s all of y’all? It’s like we’re mentally imprisoned.”
West did try to explain his point in a series of tweets saying; “Of course I know that slaves did not get shackled and put on a boat by free will. My point is for us to have stayed in that position even though the numbers were on our side means that we were mentally enslaved.”
The rapper has been roundly criticised both on social media and even in the TMZ studio where he made the statements.
Balotelli who is of Ghanaian descent was infuriated by the statement taking to his Instagram to say; “What kind of bull***t coming out of your month?” he said on Instagram. “Really? Slavery was by choice? Brother, seriously, who brainwashed you?”
Balotelli has suffered racism routinely in his career so it is unsurprising that he would be sensitive to the subject.
