With a movement on L.A. freeway, the anti-Semitic group shows support to the 45-year-old 'Donda' artist, who has come under fire after making a series of anti-Semitic remarks.
- Oct 24, 2022
AceShowbiz - While most people distanced themselves from Kanye West amid his controversy, the "Gold Digger" rapper found support in an anti-Semitic group. A new report stated that the group showed their support for West with a banner that hung over the 405 Freeway in Los Angeles on Saturday, October 22.
Oren Segal, vice president of ADL Center on Extremism, took to Twitter to share a picture of seven people delivering a Nazi salute on the freeway. They were all standing near an anti-Semitic banner that read, "Kanye is right about the Jews." There was also another sign which read, "Honk If You Know."
The move unsurprisingly sparked outrage with Sam Yebri, a lawyer and former Anti-Defamation League board member who lives in Westwood, denouncing it in a post. "It's not just words," he claimed. "There is clearly a connection to white supremacy and neo-Nazi movements."
As for Los Angeles County Dist. Atty. George Gascon, he shared on Twitter on Sunday that anti-Semitism cannot be tolerated and that he stands with the Jewish community. "We cannot tolerate the #AntiSemitism that was on full display ... on an LA Fwy," Gascon tweeted. "#WhiteSupremacy is a societal cancer that must be excised. This message is dangerous & cannot be normalized."
West landed in hot water after vowing to go "death con 3 on JEWISH PEOPLE" on Twitter. More recently, he doubled down on the controversial remarks during his interview with Piers Morgan. During the sit-down, he refused to apologize for his previous comments, though he expressed remorse towards "the people that I've hurt."
In the interview, the "Donda" artist also claimed that he's actually "envious" of Jewish people. The 45-year-old star said, "I'm envious of how they don't abort their children. I'm envious of how they don't shoot each other in the streets and then rap about it. I'm envious of how their families stay together."
"I'm envious that they turn their phones off on Friday nights and the family comes together. I'm envious of how they do business together," the ex-husband of Kim Kardashian added. "And I want that for the darker Jews, I want that for black people. We need that."
West, who was dropped by Vogue and Balenciaga over his anti-Semitic comments, also admitted that sometimes he can be insensitive with his word of choice. "I feel that my words demand more sensitivity for the frequency that I'm operating at and the amount of people that I'm communicating to," he noted. "And I take that responsibility right now."
