Kanye West Tops Simon Wiesenthal Center’s 2022 Global Antisemitism List

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The Jewish global human rights organization Simon Wiesenthal Center released its Top Ten Worst Global Anti-Semitic Incidents 2022 on January 29. [see pdf].

Ye topped the list for “his continued anti-Semitic comments and leveraging his immense social media platform to weaponize hate, bigotry, and ignorance.”

“The unprecedented mainstreaming of Jew-hatred on social media, led by Kanye West (Ye) fueled anti-Semitic hate crimes, and normalized anti-Jewish hate speech,” Rabbi Marvin Hier, SWC Founder and CEO, and Rabbi Cooper, SWC Associate Dean and Director of Global Social Action, said in a statement.

“Politicians offer words of solace to Jewish victims but fail to take effective measures to curb the attacks, while UN diplomats, cultural and academic elite often legitimize hatred of the Jewish state.”

Kanye-Inspired Nazi Merchandise

Anti-hate groups such as the Anti-Defamation League and the Combat Antisemitism Movement have condemned the anti-Semitic, Kanye-inspired Nazi-love 2024 merchandise for sale online. AOC just checked Amazon, and these shirts didn’t come up in a search. Ye 2024 shirts are on Amazon, which are within the vendors’ rights.

As VICE affirms, there is no proof that Kanye West is actually connected to these products or benefits from them in any way.

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Kanye West Tops Simon Wiesenthal Center’s 2022 Global Antisemitism List
Kanye West Tops Simon Wiesenthal Center’s 2022 Global Antisemitism List

The Jewish global human rights organization Simon Wiesenthal Center released its Top Ten Worst Global Anti-Semitic Incidents 2022 on January 29. [see pdf].

Ye topped the list for “his continued anti-Semitic comments and leveraging his immense social media platform to weaponize hate, bigotry, and ignorance.”

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Rolling Stone Magazine keeps up the blistering pace of their reporting on all matters related to Kanye West. In a new piece by Cheyenne Roundtree, Rolling Stone says that the rapper spoke of his admiration for Hitler during the making of 2004 Grammy-winning debut album ‘The College Dropout’.

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Sharp Drop in Kanye West’s Republican Support December 2022 YouGov America Poll

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School of the Art Institute of Chicago Strips Kanye West of his Honorary Degree
School of the Art Institute of Chicago Strips Kanye West of his Honorary Degree

For the first time in its 80-year history, the prestigious School of the Art Institute of Chicago (SAIC) has rescinded the highly-valued, prestigious honorary doctorate it awarded to Kanye West in 2015.

In an email sent to members of the SAIC community today, the school’s president Elissa Tenny cited Ye’s recent “disturbing behaviors” and “dangerous statements” as the reasons behind the decision. 

“His anti-Black, antisemitic, and incendiary statements, particularly those directed at Black and Jewish communities, are disgusting and condemnable,” Tenny wrote. “His words and actions have been painful for our entire community and, particularly, for those of us who feel that our identities and life experiences are under attack.”

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LOVE YOU, LOVE YOU, LOVE YOU, GEORGIA | We Are on the Move, Trumpers

On January 5, 2021 — the night before MAGA Voters tried to overthrow the US federal government, with defeated US president Donald Trump refusing to concede the presidential election to Joe Biden— Georgia voters sent two new Democratic senators to Washington: Jewish Sen. Jon Ossoff [l] and African-American Senior Pastor of the Ebenezer Baptist Church Sen. Raphael Warnock [r]. This honored senior pastor preaches as a US Senator from Martin Luther King Jr.'s former congregation.

Sen. Warnock was filling out the term of another Trump-appointed Republican senator for two years, when he won in 2021.

Tonight Georgia voters — including significant numbers of white Independent and white Republican voters in Georgia — joined Democrats to re-elect Sen. Warnock to a full six-year term as senator. This American thanks you deeply.

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