Ye faced criticism for tweets viewed as anti-Semitic hours after he was suspended from Instagram Friday, as Sarah Silverman and Jamie Lee Curtis led Hollywood stars speaking out against the since-deleted Twitter post.
“Kanye threatened the Jews yesterday on twitter and it’s not even trending,” Silverman tweeted on Sunday afternoon. “Why do mostly only Jews speak up against Jewish hate? The silence is so loud.”
Before his post was removed from the platform on Saturday evening, he wrote, “I’m a bit sleepy tonight but when I wake up I’m going death con 3 On JEWISH PEOPLEThe funny thing is I actually can’t be Anti Semitic because black people are actually Jew also You guys have toyed with me and tried to black ball anyone whoever opposes your agenda.”
The Black Jewish Entertainment Alliance denounced Ye’s tweet in a statement posted online.
“Ye’s recent statements about the Jewish community are hurtful, offensive, and wrong,” they shared. “They perpetuate stereotypes that have been the basis for discrimination and violence against Jews for thousands of years. Words like this tear at the fabric of the Black-Jewish relationship.
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A post from the American Jewish Committee seemed to corroborate the offensive language, as the organization said his previous comments included “incoherent rants laden with racist and antisemitic undertones” as well as “anti-Jewish posts shared to his 18 million followers on Instagram.
Appropriating Jewish identity is taken from the Black Hebrew Israelite cult and black supremacists who believe that Africans are the real descendants of the biblical Israelites and are thus the real Jews, while actual Jews are considered “fake Jews.”
Ye’s Twitter post was preceded by a photo of him holding a hat that reads, “2024,” potentially a reference to him running for the presidency. It was followed by a trio of posts about cancel culture and the youth of Iran.
Tesla founder Elon Musk, who is in the process of purchasing Twitter, formally welcomed Ye back to the platform.
“Welcome back to Twitter, my friend!” Musk tweeted. The comment was re-tweeted by Ye.
During the last-minute runway presentation, the designer wore a shirt emblazoned with the words “White Lives Matter” and brought conservative firebrand Candace Owens out in a matching shirt as well.
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First issued to TMZ, the Black Lives Matter statement reads, “While some may see Kanye and Candace’s stunt as a distraction, we recognize that it harms thousands of families fighting for justice for their loved ones killed by state-sanctioned violence. It can spread toxic confusion and be used to legitimize violent assaults on Black people. Battling misinformation while continuing to do the hard [work] that liberation requires is nothing new for us.”
Think of the Chutzpah of BLM when they say it harms thousands etc. Ten thousand Blacks who have been killed in Chicago during the past decade, no problem here!