Music icon, Kanye West, has been accused of using anti-Semitic language in recent social media posts and interviews. His alleged actions have been met with widespread condemnation from various entities. The co-chairs of the Bipartisan Congressional Caucus on Black-Jewish Relations released a statement that called his comments dangerous.
“This kind of inflammatory rhetoric and perpetuation of stereotypes fuels violence amid a rise in anti-Semitism and racism throughout our country,” wrote Rep. Brenda Lawrence (D-Mich.), who is African-American, and Reps. Debbie Wasserman Schultz (D-Fla.) and Lee Zeldin (R-N.Y.), who are both Jewish. “Words have consequences, which is why the Black and Jewish communities must stand together to make clear there is no room for this kind of hurtful and hateful rhetoric.”
