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Over the past 24 hours, Wiley has:
Called Jews “cowards”, “racists”, and “snakes”.
Told Jews to “crawl out from under your little rocks and defend your Jewish privilege.”
Posted an Instagram photo claiming Jews created and funded the KKK.
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Over the past 24 hours, Wiley has:
Called Jews “cowards”, “racists”, and “snakes”.Told Jews to “crawl out from under your little rocks and defend your Jewish privilege.”Posted an Instagram photo claiming Jews created and funded the KKK.(Cont...)
Implied that people with the name “Stein” aren’t human.Claimed the majority of American slave owners were Jews.Claimed that Jews are “the law”.Claimed that “Jews would do anything to ruin a black man’s life.”Says Jews “think [they] are too important”(Cont...)
Claims that he is “going to war with the Jewish community”.Claims that Jews get special treatment in hospitals, police stations and prisons.(Cont...)
Simultaneously, Jay Electronica has:
Encouraged his followers to read anti-Semitic literature claiming that Jews played a disproportionately instrumental role in the transatlantic slave trade (a claim that’s been widely disputed by historians specialising in this horrific era).
Encouraged his followers to read anti-Semitic literature claiming that Jews played a disproportionately instrumental role in the transatlantic slave trade (a claim that’s been widely disputed by historians specialising in this horrific era).
And claimed that the Talmud makes deeply derogatory statements about Jesus, Mary and Christianity (they literally aren’t mentioned in the Talmud at all).(Cont...)
This has no relation to the Israeli-Palestinian conflict, but uses historical anti-Semitic tropes and baseless propaganda to claim that Jews are an all-powerful civilisation of puppeteers that manipulate other groups to advance a collective, insidious, and malicious global agenda
These two accounts reach almost 1 million people collectively (more since they started trending), where a number of followers will be more easily impressionable. This is not only disappointing from artists who were respected pioneers in their craft, but is outright disgusting.
I’m extremely thankful for and appreciative of the many, many people who are calling out these posts, and who’re explaining to the bigots who believe these ideas why they’re racist, grossly false, and can have very dangerous, harmful consequences.
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There is absolutely no room for hatred between communities and peoples. Let’s all continue to grow together, learn from each other, and love one another.
#NoSpaceForJewHate #NoSpaceForHate
#NoSpaceForJewHate #NoSpaceForHate
