“Twenty-five years ago, I was in a car accident that broke my jaw and caused injury to the right frontal lobe of my brain,” Ye wrote. Throughout the letter, Ye described bipolar disorder as an illness that disguises itself as clarity and strength. “Bipolar disorder comes with its own defense system. “In that fractured state, I gravitated toward the most destructive symbol I could find, the swastika, and even sold t-shirts bearing it,” Ye wrote. “The Black community is, unquestionably, the foundation of who I am.”“I’m not asking for sympathy, or a free pass, though I aspire to earn your forgiveness,” Ye wrote.