Ice Cube shot at NBA legend Kareem Abdul-Jabbar, who criticized the sports and entertainment industries for the lack of outrage at recent incidents of anti-Semitism, including one by the rapper.
In a column published by The Hollywood Reporter on Tuesday, Abdul-Jabbar warned that anti-Semitic publications made Ice Cube and Philadelphia Eagles wide receiver DeSean Jackson a “very troubling omen for the future of the Black Lives Matter movement” and He criticized “shrugging” in Hollywood and in sports.
“In reading the dark and soft bowels of popular culture, anger in the face of sustained prejudice is an indisputable sign of the looming Apatholypse: apathy towards all forms of social justice,” said Abdul-Jabbar. “After all, if it’s okay to discriminate against a group of people by spreading cultural stereotypes without much rejection, it should be okay to do the same with others. Illogic breeds illogical.”
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The column did not sit well with Ice Cube, who later criticized The Hollywood Reporter for directing it.
“What a shame for the Hollywood Reporter who obviously gave my brother Kareem 30 silver coins to cut us off without even a phone call,” the rapper tweeted Wednesday.
The tweet sparked more accusations of anti-Semitism from critics.
“If you needed any proof that anti-Semitism is alive in our societies, dozens of celebrities with millions of followers have sent a dangerous message: hate is hate, unless it is directed at Jews,” said Julia Lenarz of the Jewish Committee. American.
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“Shame on Ice Cube for continuing to show us how vile and disgusting his hatred of Jews is!” Americans Against Anti-Semitism founder Dov Hikind said.
“Just when you thought @icecube couldn’t be more anti-Semitic …” tweeted international human rights lawyer Arsen Ostrovsky.
Last month, Ice Cube raised his eyebrows for praising the founder of the Nation of Islam Louis Farrakhan and sharing images that fueled the Jewish conspiracy theories on Twitter. DeSean Jackson also praised the notorious anti-Semite on Instagram and also shared quotes that were mistakenly attributed to Adolf Hitler. Jackson later apologized.
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In the THR column, Abdul-Jabbar called one of his own colleagues, former NBA player Stephen Jackson, for defending DeSean Jackson and for further spreading theories of the Jewish conspiracy.
“That is the kind of dehumanizing characterization of a town that causes the police abuses that killed his friend George Floyd,” wrote Abdul-Jabbar.
The former Lakers star tore Chelsea Handler, who noted that he was Jewish, for sharing a video of Farrakhan and siding with his rhetoric on Instagram, writing “almost 4 million people received a subliminal message that even some Jews think that it is anti-Jewish is justified. ” “Handler finally apologized after initially criticizing critics.
He also targeted the Trump campaign to “please hate groups” after the organization sent out a fundraising letter accusing billionaires Tom Steyer, Michael Bloomberg and George Soros, all Jews, of trying to “manipulate the November elections. “
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“These famous and outspoken people share the same scapegoat logic as all oppressive groups, from the Nazis to the KKK: all our problems are due to the bad-worshiping groups of rotten apples, they have the wrong complexion, they come from the wrong country , are of the wrong gender or love the wrong gender, “wrote Abdul-Jabbar. “It is very discouraging to see people from groups that have been violently marginalized do the same to others without realizing that perpetuating this type of bad logic is what perpetuates racism.”
“While it is possible that the words were wrong, celebrities have a responsibility to do it right. It is not enough to have good intentions, because it is the deeds and the words that have the real impact,” he continued. “In this case, destructive impact. In 2013, there were 751 reported hate crimes against Jews, but in 2019 the number had nearly tripled to 2,107. That same year, a gunman in San Diego entered a synagogue and murdered a person and injured three. “
Abdul-Jabar concluded: “The lesson never changes, so why is it so difficult for some people to learn: no one is free until everyone is free. As Martin Luther King Jr explained: ‘Injustice anywhere is a threat for justice everywhere. We are caught in an inevitable web of mutuality. ‘So let’s act like this. If we are going to be outraged by the injustice, we will be outraged by the injustice against someone. “
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