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Not sure what you mean by Red/Blue tribe. Urban black communities overwhelmingly vote for Democrats in the US.
Kanye is definitely '
our guyunless by Red Tribe you mean the pro-Israel National Review cucks and other establishment shills voting for welfare for Ukraine.Nick Fuentes is a fan of Kanye. Link is great, Nick has 2-3 African-Americans agree that imported Africans didn't have much chance at success in America/Europe what with coming from a civilization that had not had written language before colonial contacts.
Andrew Anglin and others are praising Kanye
Does not prevent him from speaking truth.
Most of his statements are pretty trivial for entertainment insiders or noticing enjoyers (1) (2)
Red and Blue Tribe are terms coined by Scott Alexander, this sub is a spin off of a spin off of his site. Blue Tribe is basically urban educated professionals (eat arugula, drive hybrids etc.) Red Tribe are rural working class (watch NASCAR, drive trucks etc.) they correlate some what with Democrat and Republican in that each tribe has a preferred party. However most Republicans here are Blue Tribe dissidents (or gray tribe which is a sub division of Blue, if you think that distinction is meaningful.).
Notably Urban black populations while they do indeed align with Democrats politically are not Blue Tribe.
Link is here to the original post on the blog: https://slatestarcodex.com/2014/09/30/i-can-tolerate-anything-except-the-outgroup/
Worth knowing the distinction because you will see those terms used here repeatedly. Though unfortunately with some definitional drift and used as a simple stand in for Democrat/Republican, which renders the usage of a different term somewhat needless.
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