{"id":106052,"date":"2022-10-24T00:45:56","date_gmt":"2022-10-24T00:45:56","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/harchi90.com\/pressure-grows-on-adidas-to-drop-kanye-ye-west-after-la-hate-group-stunt\/"},"modified":"2022-10-24T00:45:56","modified_gmt":"2022-10-24T00:45:56","slug":"pressure-grows-on-adidas-to-drop-kanye-ye-west-after-la-hate-group-stunt","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/harchi90.com\/pressure-grows-on-adidas-to-drop-kanye-ye-west-after-la-hate-group-stunt\/","title":{"rendered":"Pressure Grows on Adidas to Drop Kanye ‘Ye’ West After LA Hate Group Stunt"},"content":{"rendered":"
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Pressure has mounted for Adidas to terminate its partnership with Kanye \u201cYe\u201d West after Sunday morning’s show of support of his anti-Semitic comments from hate groups and the resurfacing of a video in which the rapper says, \u201cI can say anti-Semitic things , and Adidas can’t drop me. Now what?\u201d<\/p>\n

Following a show of support from an anti-Semitic group who hung banners of support for the rapper with comments like \u201cKanye is right about the Jews\u201d while doing a Nazi salute, Alexander Vindman, the retired Army lieutenant colonel, who tested during Donald Trump’s 2019 impeachment inquiry, resurfaced a video of the rapper that has now become viral.<\/p>\n

\u201cI can literally say anti-Semitic s\u2014 and they can’t drop me. I can say anti-Semitic things,\u201d Ye began again, getting close to the mic and smiling at somebody off camera, \u201cand Adidas can’t drop me. Now what?\u201d<\/p>\n

\u201cThis dude Kanye is a clown. @adidas what do you think about this? He seems to imply you’re okay with antisemitism,\u201d Vinman wrote.<\/p>\n

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The heat continues to turn up for Ye, whose was locked out of Instagram and Twitter earlier this month after posting a blatantly anti-Semitic messages, one threatening to go \u201cdeath con 3\u201d on Jewish people. Since then, Jewish celebrities have called him out, saying his \u201cwords hurt and incite violence,\u201d and late-night hosts throwing him into the bottomless pit of mockery. An interview with Fox News’ Tucker Carlson only made things worse.<\/p>\n

And the floodgates opened, with reactions to the deafening silence from the German corporation that designs and manufactures shoes, clothing and accessories, including a line designed by Ye.<\/p>\n

\u201cHello? @adidas<\/a>?? Are you there?? anyone? Stan Smith? David Beckham?? Is this thing on?? #SpeakOut<\/a> #boycottadidas<\/a>\u201d wrote comedian Judy Gold<\/a>.<\/p>\n

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“Hey @adidas<\/a> \u2013 we shouldn’t have to tell you what to do. But we’re all watching,\u201d another Twitter user wrote<\/a>. <\/p>\n

George Greenblatt<\/a> CEO of the Anti Defamation League said, \u201cNot only has @adidas<\/a> remained silent on Ye’s #antisemitism<\/a>, even as hate groups celebrate his dangerous rhetoric \u2014 they doubled down on their relationship, scheduling the release of new Kanye products. We must keep pressure on Adidas to #RunAwayFromHate<\/a>\u201d<\/p>\n

A petition has surfaced on change.org, demanding that Adidas end its partnership with Ye. It reads in part: \u201cWe, the undersigned, call on Adidas to end its partnership with Ye, formerly known as Kanye West, due to his repeated antisemitic outbursts. By continuing to align itself with a public figure who has revealed himself to be a virulent antisemite, Adidas would be demonstrating that it does not care about racism against Jews.\u201d<\/p>\n

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