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Behind the Aegis

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Sat Jul 25, 2020, 05:29 AM Jul 2020

(Jewish Group) Wiley accused of antisemitism after likening Jews to Ku Klux Klan

Wiley, the chart-topping grime rapper and producer, has made antisemitic comments on Twitter, including a statement that places Jews alongside the Ku Klux Klan.

In a string of tweets on Friday, he said: “Listen to me Jewish community Israel is not your country I’m sorry … The Star of David that’s our ting … Some people have gotten too comfortable on lands that don’t belong to them.” He also wrote “Israel is ours”, apparently referring to the black community, later referring to his comments as “Black History Lesson For Today”. The Guardian has contacted his management for comment.

He also advanced an antisemitic trope, that Jewish people control business interests, in an incendiary comparison with the Ku Klux Klan. “There are 2 sets of people who nobody has really wanted to challenge #Jewish & #KKK but being in business for 20 years you start to undestand [sic] why … Red Necks Are the KKK and Jewish people are the Law...Work that out.” He added: “If you work for a company owned by 2 Jewish men and you challenge the Jewish community in anyway of course you will get fired.”


He later rejected the charge of antisemitism, saying: “Forget anti Semitic racism is racism and ya can’t hide the fact that systemic racism exists and it wasn’t set up by us”.

Danny Stone, chief executive of Antisemitism Policy Trust, said: “The parallel is offensive & the inference is antisemitic. Jews and money. Dress it up however you like.”

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HOLY FUCKING SHIT!


For FUCK's sake: https://twitter.com/WileyCEO?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw


Jewish people you think you are too important I am sick of you




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(Jewish Group) Wiley accused of antisemitism after likening Jews to Ku Klux Klan (Original Post) Behind the Aegis Jul 2020 OP
I'm really sick of rappers EllieBC Jul 2020 #1
His Twitter account is suspended. Mosby Jul 2020 #2
Twitter permanently suspends British rapper Wiley over tweets seen as anti-Semitic Behind the Aegis Jul 2020 #3

Behind the Aegis

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3. Twitter permanently suspends British rapper Wiley over tweets seen as anti-Semitic
Thu Jul 30, 2020, 12:29 AM
Jul 2020

The Twitter account of the British rapper Wiley has been permanently suspended following a seven-day ban for a series of Semitic tweets seen as anti-Semitic.

The decision, announced Wednesday, follows a 48-hour boycott by many users, notably British and Jewish, over what they deemed as Twitter’s failure to reprimand the artist over his tweets in a timely manner.

It also comes a day after Facebook and Instagram removed Wiley’s private and verified accounts for similar conduct.

Twitter in a statement said it was sorry it “did not move faster” and was “continuing to assess the situation internally. ”

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