Azealia Banks performs onstage at Brixton Academy on September 22, 2014 in London, England. (Image source: Ollie Millington/WireImage)
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Rapper Azealia Banks made it clear that she's anything but happy over the grand jury's decision not to indict Darren Wilson, the police officer who fatally shot 18-year-old Michael Brown.
Banks took to her Twitter account Monday night to proclaim that she hates "when these police violence things happen," saying in a subsequent message that, though it's "so f***ed up," it makes her feel "such a general hatred for all straight white men."
She went on to admit to thinking "racist" thoughts about white people in the wake of events like what unfolded in Ferguson before cracking a joke about killing a "cracker" in his sleep.
Azealia Banks performs onstage at Brixton Academy on September 22, 2014 in London, England. (Credit Ollie Millington/WireImage)
"And what makes it even worse is the fact that I sleep with white men.....LOL," Banks tweeted. "I might have to kill one of these crackers in their sleep!!"
The rapper made it clear that she was kidding about the "kill" tweet and later apologized if she offended anyone, but added that she believes something must be done to stop police from harming unarmed African American children.
Read the entire rant for yourself in time sequence below (caution: language):
I hate when these police violence things happen.
— AZEALIA ⚓️ BANKS (@AZEALIABANKS) November 25, 2014I know it's so fucked up but these things just make me feel such a general hatred for all straight white men. It's a burning anger.
— AZEALIA ⚓️ BANKS (@AZEALIABANKS) November 25, 2014I just start thinking the worst most racist things about white people when these things happen and I can't help it, I'm sorry.
— AZEALIA ⚓️ BANKS (@AZEALIABANKS) November 25, 2014It makes absolutely no sense.... But it is how I feel
— AZEALIA ⚓️ BANKS (@AZEALIABANKS) November 25, 2014And what makes it even worse is the fact that I sleep with white men..... LOL
— AZEALIA ⚓️ BANKS (@AZEALIABANKS) November 25, 2014I might have to kill one of these crackers in their sleep !!
— AZEALIA ⚓️ BANKS (@AZEALIABANKS) November 25, 2014Lol, I'm joking
— AZEALIA ⚓️ BANKS (@AZEALIABANKS) November 25, 2014But something seriously has to be done about this shit. I don't want to hear about another unarmed black kid being shot by the damn cops.
— AZEALIA ⚓️ BANKS (@AZEALIABANKS) November 25, 2014It's so discouraging, just as a young black person, to know that people like me can be murdered and have there be no real justice.(ctnd)
— AZEALIA ⚓️ BANKS (@AZEALIABANKS) November 25, 2014Or CONSIDERATION for your life
— AZEALIA ⚓️ BANKS (@AZEALIABANKS) November 25, 2014It's almost as if the 3/5ths Clause still exists.
— AZEALIA ⚓️ BANKS (@AZEALIABANKS) November 25, 2014I'm sorry if I've offended anyone with my Black-Kunt-Supremifeminism tonight. It was not my intention to hurt anyone.
— AZEALIA ⚓️ BANKS (@AZEALIABANKS) November 25, 2014Oh, to be clear I wasn't apologizing for the tone of the rant, just for the joke about killing crackers in their sleep LOL. Goodnight y'all.
— AZEALIA ⚓️ BANKS (@AZEALIABANKS) November 25, 2014(H/T: Twitchy)
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