'Deeper into the abyss of antisemitism': People react to Kanye West's rants about Jews on X
In one of his posts on social media on Friday, the rapper said that he doesn't 'like or trust any Jewish person'
Published Feb 07, 2025  âąÂ 3 minute read
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Rapper Kanye West ranted about Jews in a series of posts on X on Friday morning, saying that antisemitism was âmade upâ by Jewish people to protect themselves.
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West, also known as Ye, has recently been out of the public eye, but made an appearance on the Grammy Awards red carpet over the weekend. He made headlines for posing with his wife, Bianca Censori, who donned a sheer minidress that showed her naked body underneath.
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As well as referencing his wifeâs outfit in a post on X â saying that it was not a âstuntâ â on Friday, he also spoke about the Jewish community and praised Nazis.
âAny Jewish person that does business with me needs to know I donât like or trust any Jewish person,â he said, adding that he was âcompletely sober.â
In another post, he said: âJewish people actually hate white people and use Black people.â
He also said he âloves Hitlerâ and referred to himself as a Nazi.
In yet another post, he said that Jewish people and white people were different, and highlighted a centuries-old antisemitic trope that Jews are money-hungry and greedy.
âYou can get money with Jewish people but they always gonna steal,â he wrote. âJews hate whites because of the Germansâ responsible for the Second World War, he said.
New York Congressman Ritchie Torres said, in a post on X, that West was descending âdeeper and deeper into the abyss of antisemitism.â
âYet he continues to be invited to the Grammys as if he had done nothing wrong,â wrote Torres. âWest should be ostracized for his rabid antisemitism.â
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Jewish advocacy group Campaign Against Antisemitism (CAA) condemned Westâs posts on social media and called for X to remove him from the platform.
More people have viewed these posts than there are Jews on the planet
Campaign Against Antisemitism
âAt this very moment, (Kanye West) is going on yet another antisemitic rampage. It couldnât be any clearer that he is an unrepentant, proud antisemite. More people have viewed these posts than there are Jews on the planet,â the group said in a post on X. âIt is obvious that Ye has not learned his lesson the first time, when Adidas ended its partnership with him, following our call to do so at the time.â
Israeli writer Hen Mazzig also posted on X, speaking out against Westâs rants. He echoed CAAâs sentiment that West has double the amount of X followers than there are Jews in world. More than 32 million people follow Westâs X account; meanwhile, there are roughly 15 million Jews in the world, according to a 2023 report by the The Jewish Agency for Israel.
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âIf you really think antisemitism âdoesnât matter,â then you just donât care about Jews,â said Mazzig.
Nioh Berg, an Iranian Jew, also reacted to Westâs X rant. She said that he shouldnât be suspended from the platform. Rather, he should be allowed to expose himself, she said.
In another post, Berg said: âCan someone inform Kanye what Nazi Germany did to the Black people they got their hands on please?â
Per the Holocaust Encyclopedia, run by the United States Holocaust Memorial Museum, the Nazi regime âharassed and persecuted (the Black community) because the Nazis viewed Black people as racially inferior.â
âWhile there was no centralized, systematic program targeting Black people for murder, many Black people were imprisoned, forcibly sterilized, and murdered by the Nazis,â the publication explained.
Shaun Maguire, a partner at venture capital company Sequoia, said on X that he debated whether or not he would post about Westâs âattention-seeking meltdown.â
âIn the end,â he said, âI think itâs important people know where he stands. Anyone who says âIâm a Naziâ or âI love Hitlerâ is deranged.â
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This is not the first time that West has gone on an antisemitic rant on social media. In 2022, he was dropped by sportswear company Adidas after a series of antisemitic posts online. Jewish advocacy groups called for the brand to stop doing business with the rapper.
âA German company, with a horrifying Nazi past, is in bed with one of the biggest antisemites in America today,â Stop Antisemitism said in a post on X in October 2022.
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Westâs posts remain on X as of Friday afternoon.
The social media platformâs policy on hateful conduct says that users cannot âdirectly attack other people on the basis of race, ethnicity, national origin, caste, sexual orientation, gender, gender identity, religious affiliation, age, disability, or serious disease.â
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