Kyrie Irving Pushes Again on Antisemitic Labels After Selling Film

Kyrie Irving is the newest celeb being accused of antisemitism after selling a film that some say is stuffed with stereotypes and tropes — however the man’s saying he is being misunderstood.

The Nets star received slammed Friday for tweeting a hyperlink to a film known as … “Hebrews to Negroes: Wake Up Black America” which is on Amazon. It is a controversial piece to say the least … leaning into excessive ideology from sure factions of Black Hebrew Israelites.

The entire thought behind that is that Black individuals even have Jewish roots themselves — and are, in actual fact, the “chosen individuals of God” versus Jews of European descent. Like we stated … extremely inflammatory, nevertheless it’s a prepare of thought a number of celebs have embraced in recent times. Kanye West, clearly, but additionally … Nick Cannon and Ice Dice, to call a couple of.

Not solely does the doc Kyrie promoted talk about this, nevertheless it additionally reportedly spreads conspiracy theories … together with the declare that “white Jews,” because it have been, perpetuated the slave commerce and are, by and huge, accountable for the media/banking industries … amongst different accusations.

It is a variety of the identical stuff that received Kanye in bother … and Kyrie’s been receiving a lot of the identical backlash, a lot in order that his boss — Nets proprietor Joe Tsai — stated one thing.

He condemned Kyrie’s tweet as hate-fueled, writing … “I’m upset that Kyrie seems to assist a movie primarily based on a e-book filled with anti-semitic disinformation. I need to sit down and ensure he understands that is hurtful to all of us, and as a person of religion, it’s incorrect to advertise hate primarily based on race, ethnicity or faith.” Joe provides, that is larger than basketball.

KI defended himself Saturday, saying he meant no disrespect to anybody’s non secular beliefs and including … “the ‘Anti-Semitic’ label that’s being pushed on me will not be justified and doesn’t mirror the fact or fact I reside in on a regular basis.”