Late Registration of the College Dropout's Blueprint for Harmony

Towleroad.com reports on the moment Kanye West decries homophobia and schools his audience on the evil of ignorance:

"Open your f*****g minds. Open your minds. Be accepting of different people and let people be who they are. You know how many people came to me calling me gay cause I wear my jeans the fresh way? Or because I said hey, dude, how you gonna say 'fag' right in front of a gay dude's face and act like that's ok. That shit is disrespectful. Coming from Chicago, where if you saw somebody that was gay you were supposed to stay ten feet away. It should be time to break out of the intuitions that I was sayin', the stereotypes, or the fear, the backlash that I would get if you don't believe in what I believe in, acceptin' people for who they are...they're very talented and if they do something special in the world and they're discriminated. I've flown across the world y'all, and I've come back here to tell you — open your minds and live a happier life..." Well, I'm impressed. A mainstream hip hop artist speaking out against homophobia? Wouldn't it be easier for him to just say nothing? You can see the video here.