Following anti-Semitic comments made by Kanye West in early October on his Instagram account, Kim Kardashian took to Twitter to condemn her ex-husband’s “hate speech”, which is “never acceptable or excusable”.
The 42-year-old star also wanted to support the Jewish community: “I call for an immediate end to the terrible violence and hateful rhetoric against him,” he added.
wave of convictions
On October 9, Instagram and Twitter restricted the rapper’s accounts, after comments deemed anti-Semitic. On Instagram, Kanye West posted screenshots of a conversation with rapper Diddy, who criticized the “White Lives Matter” t-shirt the artist wore during Paris Fashion Week.
In the caption of his now-deleted post, Kanye West wrote, “I’ll use you as an example to show the Jews who told you to call me that no one can threaten me or influence me.”
The rapper then said on Twitter that he was going to attack Jews. A post that has since been removed by the social network for violating the platform’s rules.
Since then, many stars have spoken out to condemn the American rapper’s anti-Semitism on social media. Among them, the comedian Amy Schumer or the sisters of Kim Kardashian, Khloe, Kendall, Kylie as well as her mother Kris Jenner.
Postures involved when a group of white supremacists hung antisemitic banners on the Los Angeles freeway on Saturday, October 22. The banners read: “Kanye West is right about the Jews.”
Source: BFM TV
