Kanye West anti-Semitic remarks: 3 times Ye crossed the line

Kanye West, the award-winning musician popped up in the news recently as the fallout of his anti-Semitic comments became apparent.

Most recently, Spanish luxury fashion brand Balenciaga cut ties with the singer, even though its creative director Demna Gvasalia and him have been close friends and collaborators over the past few years. 

While anti-Semitism usually comes under the forte of white supremacists, religious extremists and black supremacists, the rapper hasn’t been one to shy away from making controversial remarks. Kanye, who was diagnosed with bipolar disorder in 2016, has been making increasingly paranoid and delusional remarks. 

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Here are some of the things he has said that are anti-Semitic

“I prefer my kids knew Hannukah from Kwanzaa. At least it will come with some financial engineering.”

Kanye said this in an interview with Fox News host Tucker Carlson, saying that he preferred his children learn about a Jewish holiday as that would help them learn about “financial engineering.” The statement was part of a larger two-hour conversation that was aired over October 6 and 7 on Fox News. 

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“I just think that’s what they’re about, is making money”

Kanye made the following statement accusing Jaresh Kushner, a Jew of negotiating the Abraham Accords in a bid to make money.

“When I say Jew, I mean the 12 lost tribes of Judah, the blood of Christ, who the people known as the race Black really are. This is who our people are.”

The 21-time Grammy Award winner has been instrumental in perpetuating the myth that Planned Parenthood, which helps women abort unwanted pregnancies, is an attempt by the “establishment” to limit the growth of the population of Black African Americans. 

The idea behind this conspiracy is part of a trope amongst Black supremacists that White Jewish people are “not the real Jews.”