Anti-hate organisations urge online creators to not provide Kanye West with a platform
completemusicupdate.comFive Jewish and anti-hate organisations in the US have asked online creators to resist the temptation to provide Kanye West with further opportunities to share his racist and antisemitic views, given that to date the rapper has met the backlash to his controversial statements by simply ramping up his dangerous rhetoric.While more mainstream media – and social media platforms – have started to cut off West since he started pushing a racist, antisemitic agenda, he still has various channels online to share his views, and an interview with the rapper can get those online channels a lot of attention.He recently appeared with far-right conspiracy theorist Alex Jones on his ‘Infowars’ show.
Although even Jones seemed taken aback when West declared that: “I see good things about Hitler … Every human being has something of value that they brought to the table, especially Hitler”.The new message urging online creators and influencers to not provide a platform for West has come from the Anti-Defamation League, the Southern Poverty Law Center, the American Jewish Committee, StopAntisemitism and the International Holocaust Remembrance Alliance.In part they were responding to news that white nationalist Nick Fuentes, who has become an ally of West of late, has been talking to popular Twitch gamer Adin Ross about arranging an interview with the rapper.Ross, who is Jewish, has reportedly said that he was planning to “stand up for the Jews” in any interview.
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