Article 65AS1 Fans wear ‘Fight Antisemitism’ shirts directed at Kyrie Irving amid furor

Fans wear ‘Fight Antisemitism’ shirts directed at Kyrie Irving amid furor

by
Agencies
from US news | The Guardian on (#65AS1)

Fans wearing Fight Antisemitism' shirts occupied some courtside seats at the Brooklyn-Indiana game on Monday night, days after Nets guard Kyrie Irving tweeted out a link to a film that includes anti-Jewish tropes.

Irving posted the link to the film Hebrews to Negroes: Wake Up Black America on Twitter on Thursday. The synopsis on Amazon said the film uncovers the true identity of the Children of Israel". The film's director is a holocaust denier and provides a fabricated quote from Adolf Hitler in the film to promote an antisemitic conspiracy theory.

Continue reading...
External Content
Source RSS or Atom Feed
Feed Location http://www.theguardian.com/us-news/rss
Feed Title US news | The Guardian
Feed Link https://www.theguardian.com/us-news
Feed Copyright Guardian News and Media Limited or its affiliated companies. All rights reserved. 2024
Reply 0 comments