This petition was submitted during the 2015–2017 Conservative government
Petition Unban Tyler, The Creator from entering the UK
The US rapper Tyler, the Creator says he has been banned from the UK because of the nature of his lyrics however i believe this is unjust. He should not have been banned for lyrics he wrote 6-7 years prior and i believe his ban should be lifted, however he hasn't written lyrics like that since.
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The letter from the secretary of state for the home department at the time sated in a letter sent to Tyler that his lyrics “encourages violence and intolerance of homosexuality”
His manager went into more detail on his Tumblr, saying
more importantly, this is a broader issue of free speech, the letter acknowledged he was writing from an alter ego perspective does this then apply to book writers? What message does that send? is race a conscious or subconscious factor at all?
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