Antisemitism
Whoopi Goldberg Clarifies Comments About Jews, Race & The Holocaust
HipHopWired Featured Video Source: Nina Westervelt / Getty Earlier this month, The View host Whoopi Goldberg addressed past comments about race and the Holocaust. According to Deadline, Whoopi Goldberg made the comments while doing press for the movie Till where she plays the mother of Mamie Till-Mobley. “My best friend said, ‘Not for nothing is there no box on the census for the Jewish race. So that leads me to believe that we’re probably not a race,’” she said in the interview with the Sunday Times, which was published during Hanukkah. The comments were a callback to comments the Sister Act actor made at the top of 2022 where she said that “Nazis saw Jews as a race.” Sheadded, “Yes, but that’s the killer, isn’t it? The oppressor is telling you what you are. Why are you believi...
Man Shouts “Kanye 2024” During Alleged Antisemitic Attack, NY Police Say
HipHopWired Featured Video Source: MEGA / Getty Perhaps it’s time Ye fans come to glory on the fact that their MAGA fave’s recent antisemitic campaign is not only bigoted, cringe-worthy and legacy-tainting, but it’s also dangerous. According to the Washington Post, the New York Police Department is investigating an alleged crime that took place in Central Park last Wednesday. The suspect, described as a man in his mid-40s, is accused of assaulting a 63-year-old man while making “numerous” antisemitic remarks and capping it all off with, “Kanye 2024!” From the Post: Related Stories The older man was walking in Central Park about 7:30 p.m. on Wednesday when the other man allegedly hit him from behind, according to police. When the older man fell to the ground, he broke his hand and chi...
The Chainsmokers Are Removing “Kanye” From Streaming Services After Rapper’s Antisemitic Remarks
In the wake of antisemitic remarks made by Kanye West, The Chainsmokers are removing “Kanye,” a song released in 2014 that celebrates the disgraced rapper, from streaming services. On October 9th, West tweeted that he would go “death con 3 on JEWISH PEOPLE,” triggering swift excoriation from around the world before doubling down in a since-deleted interview on the Drink Champs podcast. The American Jewish Community called the tweet a “vicious antisemitic comment” designed to incite “the hatred of Jews.” The Chainsmokers took to social media this week to condemn West and announce their plans to withdraw “Kanye” from Spotify, Apple Music and other digital service providers. The track contains the lyric, “I want to be...
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