Twitter Is Banning Black Celebrities for Anti-Semitic Conspiracy Theories (Sometimes)

Twitter Is Banning Black Celebrities for Anti-Semitic Conspiracy Theories (Sometimes)

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What do Nick Cannon, DeSean Jackson, Wiley, and Jay Electronica all have in common? They all believe that Black people are the true Semites. And they have a lot to say about it.

This past Friday, the Grime rapper Wiley, a musician so influential he is known as "the CEO of Grime," went on a tirade about Jewish people on Twitter. Over the course of a day, he tweeted repeatedly that specifically Jewish people are oppressing Black people, and, confusingly, that they do it because Israel belongs "to us." As a result of this rant, Wiley was dropped by his management and then given a seven-day ban from Twitter. The very next day, American rapper Jay Electronica echoed the sentiment.

Twitter Is Banning Black Celebrities for Anti-Semitic Conspiracy Theories (Sometimes)

Jul 27, 2020, 9:18pm UTC
https://www.vice.com/en_us/article/akz4vg/twitter-is-banning-black-celebrities-for-anti-semitic-conspiracy-theories-sometimes > What do Nick Cannon, DeSean Jackson, Wiley, and Jay Electronica all have in common? They all believe that Black people are the true Semites. And they have a lot to say about it. > This past Friday, the Grime rapper Wiley, a musician so influential he is known as "the CEO of Grime," went on a tirade about Jewish people on Twitter. Over the course of a day, he tweeted repeatedly that specifically Jewish people are oppressing Black people, and, confusingly, that they do it because Israel belongs "to us." As a result of this rant, Wiley was dropped by his management and then given a seven-day ban from Twitter. The very next day, American rapper Jay Electronica echoed the sentiment.