4 Black Skinfolk Who’ve Proved They Ain’t Kinfolk

nicki minaj with donald trump
Briona Lamback
March 31, 2026

Nicki Minaj 

The Trinidadian-born rapper doubled down on her support for Trump at a recent White House event, backing his new “Trump accounts” and pledging to contribute up to $300,000. “I am probably the president’s number one fan, and that’s not going to change, and the hate or what people have to say, it does not affect me at all...” Minaj said. Meanwhile, his administration is unleashing ICE's terror on Black communities, including immigrants, right now.

Kanye West

From his 2018 comment that “slavery was a choice” to cozying up to Trump, West is no longer the person who, after the levees broke in New Orleans, declared that “George Bush doesn’t care about Black people.”

In January 2026, Ye apologized to the community in a Wall Street Journal ad, saying, “To the black community, which held me down through all of the highs and lows and the darkest of times. The black community is, unquestionably, the foundation of who I am. I am so sorry to have let you down. I love us.”

Clarence Thomas  

The longest-serving member of the Supreme Court has spent decades ruling against Black people's interests. Most recently, he's been working to gut the Voting Rights Act in ways that would disproportionately harm Black people, including during the 2026 midterm elections.

Ernest Withers 

He’s responsible for some of the most iconic photographs of the Civil Rights Movement, but he also served as a paid FBI snitch, revealing the plans, contacts, and whereabouts of civil rights activists to the Feds. These folks prove that just because someone is Black doesn’t mean they’re for our liberation.

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