Thoughts on Kanye's Honorary Doctorate

Doobie Doo

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I wanted to share this article with the Coli fam to get opinons. I've been catching a lot of shade on FB because of my opinion about how bullshyt an honorary doctorate is. People think I'm on the crabs in a barrel syndrome because I state someone with an honorary degree should not be called doctor because they did not earn it in the traditional sense. I'm not a hater and I'm not foolish enough to believe that a degree or lack of one will determine your success. But I already know anybody with a high profile or money can get an honorary degree so what is it's true worth if you don't put in the study time.

It's like Lil Wayne claiming Blood. He wasn't jumped in and didn't put in the work but because he's rich and famous he can be honorary Blood but does that mean he is on the same level as a Piru who was jumped in and put in work?


Kanye West Became A Doctor Today
KAITLAN COLLINS
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7:48 PM 05/11/2015
Paging Dr. Kanye West.

The 37-year-old stood on the stage and received an honorary doctoral degree from the School of the Art Institute of Chicago at its annual commencement on Monday.

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“I am a pop artist, so my medium is public opinion, and the world is my canvas,” West, who dropped out of college when he was 20, said in an hour-long lecture he gave the day before the ceremony.

“‘I’m sorry’ is something that you can use a lot. It gives you the opportunity to give your opinion, apologize for it, and give your opinion again.”

“You should not be sorry for your opinions!”



“I felt my nerves a bit and I don’t feel that feeling a lot. The nerves of humility and modesty when being honored, a humanization, a reality, of being recognized, and all I thought as I sit here kinda shaking a little bit, is, I need to get rid of that feeling! I need to not be nervous.”

‘This honor is gonna make your lives easier. Two reasons; you don’t have to defend me as much [laughs] and, I’m gonna make all of our lives easier. And it’s these Floyd Mayweather belts that are needed to prove what I’ve been saying my entire life.” (VIDEO: Kanye West Just Interrupted Someone Receiving A Grammy Again)

“Where there’s the co-sign of Paul McCartney grabbing me, and saying ‘It’s OK, he doesn’t bite white people’ or The New York Times cover, or the Time most influential cover. And now a doctorate at The Art institute of Chicago. When I was giving a lecture at Oxford, I brought up this school because when I went on that mission to create in other spaces, apparel, film, performance, it would have been easier if I could have said that I had a degree at the Art Institute of Chicago. Thank you.”

The honorary doctorate is given to “influential individuals,” the school said in an email. Ones who are “remarkable examples of creative success and determination, who are often inspirations to our students, faculty, and entire SAIC community.”(RELATED: Kanye West: ‘Obama Calls The Home Phone’)
http://dailycaller.com/2015/05/11/kanye-west-became-a-doctor-today/
 

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Eh, its kinda pointless. It just gives commencements a little more interest and pub. In a way I can see the argument for it being offensive to those who actually worked for their degrees.

Kanye is the last person you wanna give this too. It would go to dude's head. He'll start spazzing out at people if they don't call him Dr.West.
 

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A joke but from a business standpoint it makes sense because more black people will choose that college and I'm sure Kanye will be sending donations to that school it's a win-win for everyone
 

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I've been catching a lot of shade on FB because of my opinion about how bullshyt an honorary doctorate is. /


Props for calling out that BS. Bunch of "yes men" clapping and handing out BS paperwork to appease celebrities. These college institutions is BS. They dont give a damn about education. They just want to rub elbows with people with high prestige and post pics on "da gram".


[QUOTE="Hdlr, post: 13384321, member: 20464"In a way I can see the argument for it being offensive to those who actually worked for their degrees.

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That too. Muthafukkas in debit over the next 10 years for that paperwork and Kanye waltz on stage getting the same shine smh
 

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most important day of this brother's life..when he is being honoured for his talents...and the wife n kids are not there.

that celeb life:bow:
 
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