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opinion
Kanye West’s Hate Speech
Reveals a Much Larger Problem
K
anye West is back at it
again.
Kanye recently
spoke out in a troubling
manner, as he warned Jews
about toying with him and
those opposing
his agenda.
He threatened
Jewish people
about a supposed
conflict with him
over a Jewish
agenda.
“I’m a bit
sleepy tonight but when I wake
up I’m going death con 3 on
Jewish people.”
He was upset that Instagram
restricted his account over anti-
Jewish remarks. “Who do you
think created cancel culture?”
he tweeted.
He continued his social
media rant criticizing Jared
Kushner, the goal of the
Abraham Accords and said the
only purpose was for Jews to
make money.
His rants continued about
the Clintons, Kardashians and
Mark Zuckerberg.
He addressed accusations
of antisemitism saying that
he could not be antisemitic
because Black people are
Jewish also, in a now-removed
tweet. Yes, the narratives of
Black people and Jewish people
have been parallel and united
for a long time, so maybe that
is what he meant. And, the
majority of Jewish people are
not white-presenting.
Well, earlier this month,
Kanye wore a “White Lives
Matter” T-shirt to Paris
Fashion Week, a slogan
associated with the white-
supremacist movement. Sean
Diddy Combs criticized
this choice, to which Kanye
responded that Diddy is
controlled by Jewish people.
These recent unhinged
rants by Kanye provoked the
conversation of censorship by
Silicon Valley giants and how
we handle hate speech. The
United States protects hate
speech as freedom of speech
under the First Amendment.
Whether his social media
posts and the endless Jew-
hatred being spewed on social
media by Jew-haters remains
protected as freedom of speech,
this further shines a light on
the antisemitic tropes, false
narratives and dangerous
myths about Jewish people that
have been prevalent for too
long.
What do we do about it?
When we encounter hate-
speech, we must respond with
more speech. If cancel culture
is wrong, then counsel culture
and consequence culture are
right. Together we must all do
something about this. Speak
out, educate with the truth,
and fight back against those
who assault with hateful false
narratives and old tropes
assailing Jews.
Yuval David is an Emmy-nominated
actor, director and filmmaker who has
won over 100 international film festival
awards. He is an active leader in the
LGBTQ+ and Jewish communities,
working with several prestigious
organizations to save people in life-
threatening situations, including as the
director of mobilization for the End Jew
Hatred movement.
Yuval David
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