By Kanye West’s accounts on Instagram and Twitter have been locked after he threatened to go ‘death con 3 On JEWISH PEOPLE’ in a since-deleted tweet posted on Saturday.
Numerous artists, celebrities and politicians have since criticised West over his remarks, including John Legend, Ariana Grande, Jennifer Anniston, David Schwimmer, and New York congresswoman Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez.
Taking to Twitter on Monday, John Legend who has collaborated with West multiple times in the past wrote: “Weird how all these ‘free, independent thinkers’ always land at the same old anti blackness and anti semitism.”
Weird how all these “free, independent thinkers” always land at the same old anti blackness and anti semitism.
— John Legend (@johnlegend) October 10, 2022
Last month, Legend clarified why he is no longer close friends with West. He had explained that the pair’s political divisions proved to be too much to maintain their friendship.
“I don’t know what will happen in the future, but he was very upset with me that I didn’t support him, and I supported Joe Biden. It’s up to him whether he can get past that,” Legend said.
Ariana Grande shared a post discussing the differences between mental health symptoms, free speech and hate speech. “It is possible to both recognize Kanye’s mental health challenges and vehemently condemn his foul and dangerous anti-Semitism.”
Jennifer Aniston supports co-star David Schwimmer in condemning Kanye West’s anti-Semitic comments
Schwimmer took to Instagram to share his thoughts on the growing marginalisation of Jewish people, noting how “anti-Semitism is on the rise globally”.
Sharing an image of the word ‘bYE’, a reference to the rapper’s new legal name, Schwimmer wrote: “Jews make up only 2.4 per cent of the population of the US but are the victims of more than 60 per cent of all religious hate crimes.” He added: “If we don’t call someone as influential as Kanye out for his divisive, ignorant and anti-semitic words then we are complicit. Silence is complicity.”
Of the 250,000 likes on the post, one of them came from his former Friends co-star Jennifer Aniston.
Image: The Independent
