Kanye West’s likeness has been used for antisemitic flyers that have been making their way across the state of Rhode Island.
According to AllHipHop, law enforcement officials are investigating the distribution of antisemitic propaganda featuring Kanye’s face and name throughout North Providence and Warwick, Rhode Island, pledging to get to the bottom of the matter.
“We are taking this seriously,” North Providence Police Chief Al Ruggerio said. “[The flyers] are making the folks of this town and city a little uncomfortable, and we’re going to do our best to come to a solution on this.”
“DEFCON3 KANYE” with the Star of David crossed out was among the language found on antisemitic flyers distributed in the Providence, RI area,” a tweet from StopAntisemitism read.
“Others blamed the slave trade on the Jewish people. Once again we see antisemitic hate on social media translate into real world hate,” the tweet continued.
Last month, in a since-deleted tweet, Kanye West declared he was “going death con 3 on Jewish people.” Because of his controversial statements, several entities including adidas where he launched his popular Yeezy brand, have cut ties with him.
“adidas does not tolerate antisemitism and any other sort of hate speech,” the company wrote in a statement. “Ye’s recent comments and actions have been unacceptable, hateful and dangerous, and they violate the company’s values of diversity and inclusion, mutual respect and fairness.”
In the midst of the firestorm that his comments have caused, Minister Louis Farrakhan of the Nation of Islam defended Kanye and Kyrie Irving who was suspended by the Brooklyn Nets for posting a clip from a film that features antisemitic tropes.
“Another brother who is called a rapper but he’s so much more than that, brother Ye,” Farrakhan said in his message. “And the controversy that is swirling around these two men that is causing unfortunate division among a people that can least afford to be broken more apart because of misunderstanding.”
The minister continued: “Unfortunately parts of ignorance that we don’t see the enemy who is working 100 percent to bring bloodshed about among us because of the serious nature of what is happening.
“Some of you that are persecuting him are the very ones that took away from him and from us, the knowledge of self. You took our language, you took our culture, you took our history, you took our minds and inserted your mind into our minds through your systems.
“I will stand on the truth that I was taught and stand with God… As long as I stand with God, I will be the winner and so will Ye and so will Kyrie and so will any of us who want truth in our lives.”
Ok so Jewish is a religion, but the woke crowd seems to think its a race. If they are not wearing the traditional religious attire, how am I supposed to tell them apart from other white people ? How do the racists even know who to hate ? I seriously dont get it. I think Kanye is referring to rich people in the industry that have fucked him over and happen to claim that “race” even though they dont practice the actual religion. The only thing Kanye is guilty of is generalizing. It would have probably worked out better for him if he called out names in his tweets instead of groups. But in his defense, they say people lie, but numbers dont. Thats how generalizing got started in the first place.
ashkenazi and sephardi are the race of jews look it up
I looked it up. Calling them a race appears to be a European/Middle East thing. When they come to America they are basically white unless they practice the religion. It just doesnt make sense to call them a race in America. Why does everything have to be about race ? It reminds me of those black people who say Hatians arent black because their roots dont come from Africa. Race baiting is destroying the country.
This is absurd. You want to change the definition of race so you don’t feel racist. Please stop
so planted. small hats at it again
Nope! Sorry, but this is what you support, this is the rhetoric you spew and the actions it can result in. Cry about it. Maybe get off of dx, go outside, touch some grass, and stop blaming others for your failures.
you really got to narrow it down. The names where they at what they did. Chances are however they will start talking like 5 lawyers or ignore you.
Crazy how he has so much influence and uses it in the worst way. Starting to seem like he using it for evil then good.
Fuck the Jews, hitler gang all day