As far as I'm concerned if Kanye wants to use the word, it's not my business. That's an argument for black folks to have. It's their past, their pain, their history. Not my place to tell them what's right or wrong.

As for white college students singing a song, you can't tell what their intentions were by reading an article. It could be they're a bunch of privileged white girls with the sensitivity of dust, or they could be enjoying a genre of music that is popular. What I do know is articles like this are dog whistles to some white people of how we're so persecuted racially. Us poor wittow white people can't even have fun without being called racists. PFFT.

If these girls offended someone by singing the song they should just apologize and explain they enjoy this musician and will be singing his songs. You know...check themselves.