(Jewish Group) The Dangerous Mainstreaming of Kanye West and Kyrie Irving's Brand of Antisemitism
The Kanye and Kyrie show is one K short of a racist trifecta, but not for lack of contenders.
Bishop Talbert Swan, president of the Greater Springfield (Massachusetts) chapter of the NAACP and a prelate of the Church of God in Christthe largest Holiness-Pentecostal denomination, whose membership is mostly Black Americanhas been furiously defending the beleaguered celebrities, who recently staged spectacular displays of financial self-harm by spreading antisemitic conspiracy theories in interviews and on social media.
Nothing debunks the stereotype, Swan snarked in a tweet last week, of having an inordinate level of influence in American sports and entertainment like stripping $1 billion from a Black entertainer and getting a Black athlete suspended while forcing him to apologize and pay half $1 million for offending you.
Its true that Jews have had the temerity to be offended.
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