{"id":142891,"date":"2022-10-24T05:35:45","date_gmt":"2022-10-24T00:05:45","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/centralrecorder.com\/pressure-grows-on-adidas-to-drop-kanye-ye-west-after-la-hate-group-stunt\/"},"modified":"2022-10-24T05:36:00","modified_gmt":"2022-10-24T00:06:00","slug":"adidas-under-pressure-to-drop-kanye-wests-kanye-ye-west-after-the-la-hate-group-stunt","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/centralrecorder.com\/adidas-under-pressure-to-drop-kanye-wests-kanye-ye-west-after-the-la-hate-group-stunt\/","title":{"rendered":"Adidas Under Pressure to Drop Kanye West’s Kanye ‘Ye\u2019 West after the LA Hate Group Stunt"},"content":{"rendered":"\n
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Adidas is under pressure to end its Kanye partnership. \u201cYe\u201d West after Sunday morning\u2019s 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\u2019t drop me. Now what?\u201d<\/p>\n

After a show support from an antisemitic group, who raised banners in support of the rapper, with comments such as \u201cKanye is right about the Jews\u201d while doing a Nazi salute, Alexander Vindman, the retired Army lieutenant colonel, who testified during Donald Trump\u2019s 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\u2019t drop me. I can say anti-Semitic things,\u201dYe started again, moving closer to the microphone and smiling at someone off-camera. \u201cand Adidas can\u2019t 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\u2019re okay with antisemitism,\u201dVinman wrote.<\/p>\n

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Ye continues to be in the spotlight after he was blocked from Instagram and Twitter earlier in the month for posting anti-Semitic messages. One of these messages threatened to end his life. \u201cdeath con 3\u201dJewish people. Jewish celebrities have called him out since then, saying that his behaviour was unacceptable to Jewish people. \u201cwords hurt and incite violence,\u201dlate-night hosts to mock him. An interview with Fox News\u2019 Tucker Carlson only made things worse.<\/p>\n

The floodgates were opened by the flurry of reactions to the hushed silence from the German corporation that designs, manufactures, and markets shoes, clothing, and accessories.<\/p>\n

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

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\u201cHey @adidas<\/a> \u2013 we shouldn\u2019t have to tell you what to do. But we\u2019re all watching,\u201dAnother User of Twitter wrote<\/a>. \u00a0<\/p>\n

George Greenblatt,<\/a>The CEO of the Anti Defamation League stated, \u201cNot only has @adidas<\/a> remained silent on Ye\u2019s #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 been filed change.org<\/a>Ye, and requesting that Adidas cease its partnership with them. It says 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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