Trevor Noah responds to Kanye West after rapper calls him a racial slur

For free real time breaking news alerts sent straight to your inbox sign up to our breaking news emails Sign up to our free breaking news emails Sign up to our free breaking news emails SIGN UP I would like to be emailed about offers, events and updates from The Independent. Read our privacy policy Trevor Noah has responded to the racial slur directed at him by Kanye West on Instagram. In his post attacking Noah, West, now legally known as Ye, repeatedly referred to him as a “k**n” after the comic said the situation between the rapper, his ex-wife Kim Kardashian and her new boyfriend Pete Davidson was “terrifying to watch.” According to TMZ, Instagram’s parent company Meta said West’s posts were a violation of the social media app’s policies on hate speech, harassment and bullying. Addressing the racial slur head on, Noah said: ““Oh and as for K**n…clearly some people graduate but we still stupid.” He added: “Don’t ever forget, the biggest trick racists ever played on black people was teaching us to strip each other of our blackness whenever we disagree. Tricking us into dividing ourselves up into splinters so that we would never unite into a powerful rod.” Trevor Noah replied to Kanye West’s racial slur directed at him on Instagram The comedian was praised for the comment, in which he acknowledged West’s “impact” but added: “It breaks my heart to see you like this.” “There are few artists who have had more of an impact on me than you Ye,” Noah wrote.