Nets forcefully denounce Kyrie Irving's promotion of anti-semitic film
The Brooklyn Nets and owner Joe Tsai publicly condemned All-Star point guard and former Boston Celtics guard Kyrie Irving for promoting the film "Hebrews to Negroes: Wake Up Black America," on his Twitter account. The controversial movie is widely considered offensive to many groups, but especially to the Jewish community.I’m disappointed that Kyrie appears to support a film based on a book full of anti-semitic disinformation. I want to sit down and make sure he understands this is hurtful to all of us, and as a man of faith, it is wrong to promote hate based on race, ethnicity or religion.
— Joe Tsai (@joetsai1999) October 29, 2022
As Rolling Stone initially reported in an article earlier Friday, Irving promoted a movie called "Hebrews to Negroes: Wake Up Black America" that, as the magazine points out, is "stuffed with antisemitic tropes."Irving posted a tweet Thursday that linked out to the film's Amazon page.
Anti-semitism has been on the upswing of late and was heavily covered in the news due to Kanye West's recent inflammatory comments. Those comments eventually led to Celtics All-Star guard Jaylen Brown deciding to cut all ties business wise from West.
Report of Kanye West's Donda Academy shutting down draws Jaylen Brown ire https://t.co/m02ReuhtRN pic.twitter.com/K0QLjohkNh
— CelticsLife.com (@celticslife) October 27, 2022
Jaylen Brown reverses course and ends relationship with Kanye West's Donda Sports https://t.co/Citl05SswR
— TEAMBOSTON (@teamboston) October 26, 2022
