{"id":410470,"date":"2022-10-30T06:45:24","date_gmt":"2022-10-30T06:45:24","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/yebscore.com\/news\/?p=410470"},"modified":"2022-10-30T06:45:24","modified_gmt":"2022-10-30T06:45:24","slug":"kyrie-irving-labeled-anti-semitic-to-which-respondsnot-justified","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/yebscore.com\/news\/kyrie-irving-labeled-anti-semitic-to-which-respondsnot-justified\/","title":{"rendered":"Kyrie Irving Labeled &#8220;Anti-Semitic&#8221; To Which Responds,&#8221;Not Justified&#8221;"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Kyrie Irving, a Brooklyn Nets guard, stated on Saturday night that he doesn&#8217;t think his social media posts endorsing an anti-Semitic movie and book were improper.<\/p>\n<p>The movie &#8220;Hebrews to Negroes: Wake Up Black America,&#8221; which is based on a book filled with anti-Semitic stereotypes, was supported by Kyrie Irving earlier this week.<\/p>\n<p>The &#8220;label&#8221; of being anti-semitic has been applied to Irving in response to this aggressive promotion.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">Richard Jefferson calls out Kyrie Irving on YES broadcast: &quot;&#8230;It is disappointing, Kyrie says that he&#39;s not antisemitic and these things, but the tweet is still up. The tweet is still up there.&quot; <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/Nets?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">#Nets<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/d98Q5rcAjw\">pic.twitter.com\/d98Q5rcAjw<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&mdash; Jennifer X. Williams (@JenXperience) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/JenXperience\/status\/1586515153075732481?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">October 30, 2022<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<p>The assertions made in the movie, which include that &#8220;many notable high-ranking Jews&#8221; have &#8220;confessed&#8221; to &#8220;worship[ing] Satan or Lucifer,&#8221; were highlighted in a Rolling Stone article. According to the investigation, the movie was &#8220;venomously anti-Semitic.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>The <strong>Brooklyn Nets star<\/strong> took to Twitter to react to this backlash.<\/p>\n<p><em>&#8220;I am an OMNIST, and I meant no disrespect to anyone\u2019s religious beliefs. The \u201cAnti-Semitic\u201d label that is being pushed on me is not justified and does not reflect the reality or truth I live in every day. I embrace and want to learn from all walks of life and religions,&#8221;<\/em> he wrote <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/KyrieIrving\/status\/1586419512538451968\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">on Twitter.<\/a><\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">I am an OMNIST and I meant no disrespect to anyone\u2019s religious beliefs. The \u201cAnti-Semitic\u201d label that is being pushed on me is not justified and does not reflect the reality or truth I live in everyday. I embrace and want to learn from all walks of life and religions.<\/p>\n<p>H\u00e9l\u00e0\ud83e\udd1e\ud83c\udffe\u267e<\/p>\n<p>&mdash; Chief H\u00e9l\u00e0 \ud83e\udd1e\ud83c\udffe (@KyrieIrving) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/KyrieIrving\/status\/1586419512538451968?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">October 29, 2022<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<p>Team owner<strong> Joe Tsai<\/strong> and the <strong>Nets organisation<\/strong> condemned Kyrie Irving&#8217;s promotion on Friday.<\/p>\n<p><em>&#8220;I\u2019m 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,&#8221;<\/em> Tsai wrote in a <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/joetsai1999\/status\/1586196102126391296?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw%7Ctwcamp%5Etweetembed%7Ctwterm%5E1586196102126391296%7Ctwgr%5Ef930385d8464f8f80e6b87133fbbd54760f2efce%7Ctwcon%5Es1_&amp;ref_url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.espn.com%2Fnba%2Fstory%2F_%2Fid%2F34898967%2Fnets-condemn-kyrie-irving-promotion-anti-semitic-film\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Twitter message of his own.<\/a><\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">I\u2019m 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.<\/p>\n<p>&mdash; Joe Tsai (@joetsai1999) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/joetsai1999\/status\/1586196102126391296?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">October 29, 2022<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<p>Ronald Dalton, who both wrote and directed the film, is the author of the book on which the movie is based. The movie is said to reveal &#8220;what Islam, Judaism and Christianity have covered up in regards to the true biblical identity of the so-called &#8220;Negro&#8221; in this movie packed with tons of research,&#8221; according to a description on the Amazon Video website, which can be accessed through the link Irving tweeted.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">The brand of anti-Semitism that <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/KyrieIrving?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">@KyrieIrving<\/a> is trafficking in may not be as well-known as the \u201cKanye admires Hitler\u201d kind, but it is no less virulent. From his vaccine misinformation to hyping up Alex Jones, it\u2019s been evident he is dangerously ignorant. <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/R3GHNkoYCz\">https:\/\/t.co\/R3GHNkoYCz<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&mdash; Jamil Smith \u062c\u0645\u064a\u0644 \u0643\u0631\u064a\u0645 (@JamilSmith) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/JamilSmith\/status\/1586119229321129984?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">October 28, 2022<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<p>The movie has elements of the Black Hebrew Israelites&#8217; philosophy and makes claims about revealing the &#8220;real nature of the Children of Israel.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p><iframe title=\"YouTube video player\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/56bwE_Lfw_I\" width=\"560\" height=\"315\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen=\"allowfullscreen\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><strong>FOR MORE NBA UPDATES-<\/strong><\/p>\n<p class=\"entry-title\"><a href=\"https:\/\/yebscore.com\/news\/stephen-curry-klay-thompson-respond-to-charles-barkleys-critique-warriors-win-spoke-louder\/\">Stephen Curry &amp; Klay Thompson Respond To Charles Barkley\u2019s Critique, Warriors Win Spoke Louder!<\/a><\/p>\n<p class=\"entry-title\"><a href=\"https:\/\/yebscore.com\/news\/nba-hall-of-famer-isiah-thomas-criticises-kevin-durants-game-calls-it-dominance-deprived\/\">NBA Hall of Famer Isiah Thomas Criticises Kevin Durant\u2019s Game: Calls It Dominance Deprived!<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Kyrie Irving, a Brooklyn Nets guard, stated on Saturday night that he doesn&#8217;t think his social media posts endorsing an anti-Semitic movie and book were improper. The movie &#8220;Hebrews to Negroes: Wake Up Black America,&#8221; which is based on a book filled with anti-Semitic stereotypes, was supported by Kyrie Irving earlier this week. The &#8220;label&#8221; [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":22,"featured_media":396464,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[87,51],"tags":[154,3512,2553,2215,1940],"class_list":["post-410470","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-brooklyn-nets","category-nba","tag-kyrie-irving","tag-kyrie-irving-anti-semitic","tag-nba-2022","tag-nba-news","tag-nba-updates"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/yebscore.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/410470","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/yebscore.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/yebscore.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/yebscore.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/22"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/yebscore.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=410470"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/yebscore.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/410470\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/yebscore.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/396464"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/yebscore.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=410470"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/yebscore.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=410470"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/yebscore.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=410470"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}