Kanye West's Live Television Statement Frames Katrina Response as Racism

During NBC's live Hurricane Katrina telethon, rapper Kanye West deviated from the script to declare: 'George Bush doesn't care about Black people.' The moment was immediately cut by NBC on the West Coast broadcast. It became one of the most widely discussed cultural interventions of the decade, forcing mainstream coverage of the racial dimensions of Katrina's aftermath. West later elaborated on his remarks in interviews and in his music.