Pharrell has addressed the recent backlash he’s been getting over comments about politics and diversity he made last month at the 5th annual Black Ambition Demo Day where he said that he hated politics because they force people to pick a side and ultimately create division.
“I hate politics,” he said. “Like, despise them. It’s a magic trick. It’s not real. I don’t believe in either side. Because I think when you pick a side, you are inadvertently supporting division.” He then brought up diversity, equity and inclusion and said you should support businesses not because of skin color, but because they’re the best. “Now diversity is off the table, equity’s off the table, now inclusion’s off the table,” he began. “So, that makes me…I asked myself, ‘Okay, how do we survive?’ Well, are there Bl

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