Ye, previously referred to as Kanye West, has just lately garnered consideration for selling an internet site that bought T-shirts with swastikas through the Tremendous Bowl — and “The View” host Alyssa Farah Griffin says that shouldn’t be dismissed.
Throughout Friday’s episode, fellow “View” host Pleasure Behar opened the phase by noting that Ye’s historical past of antisemitic conduct is lastly “catching up with him.” Earlier in February, Ye made a number of antisemitic posts on X, previously Twitter. In a single put up the rapper labeled himself as a Nazi after which went so far as professing his love for genocidal dictator Adolf Hitler.
“I feel like for some reason Kanye has been given a pass,” Griffin remarked, whereas acknowledging that there’s a “perception” that the rapper “may have some mental health issues.” In a Feb. 6 put up from the Guardian, Ye mentioned that he was beforehand misdiagnosed with bipolar dysfunction, and has now been recognized with autism.
She then emphasised her level by saying that there are thousands and thousands of individuals with psychological sickness, however that their afflictions don’t trigger them to say, “bigoted, racist, antisemitic things.”
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Griffin additional highlighted the large social media affect, stating that he presently has extra Instagram followers than there are Jews on the planet — a stark reminder of the facility his phrases maintain over impressionable audiences, notably younger individuals.
Sunny Hostin later chimed into the dialog, saying, “There’s something really wrong going on here with Kanye West.”
“The African American community and the Jewish community have always been tied because both communities have been so oppressed,” Hostin mentioned. The authorized professional continued, saying, “oppressed people must fight together.”
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Sara Haines additionally weighed in, describing Ye’s actions as “hate-filled awfulness.” Behar wrapped up the dialog by labeling Ye a “compulsive attention seeker.”
