Kim Kardashian has condemned hate speech after ex Kanye West's antisemitic remarks
Kim Kardashian condemned hate speech and shared support for the Jewish community amid widespread anger over antisemitic statements expressed by her ex-husband Kanye West, the rapper and fashion designer who now prefers going by the name Ye.
“Hate speech is never OK or excusable,” Kardashian tweeted Monday. “I stand together with the Jewish community and call on the terrible violence and hateful rhetoric towards them to come to an immediate end.”
Hate speech is never OK or excusable. I stand together with the Jewish community and call on the terrible violence and hateful rhetoric towards them to come to an immediate end.
— Kim Kardashian (@KimKardashian) October 24, 2022
Ye had in recent weeks shared a string of posts apparently aimed at the Jewish community, which were removed by Twitter and Instagram and prompted both platforms to lock his account temporarily. Screenshots shared on social media showed Ye saying he would go “death con 3” on “JEWISH PEOPLE,” an apparent reference to Defcon, the U.S. military defense readiness system.
Calls for Kardashian to speak out intensified over the weekend when a hate group hung a banner on a Los Angeles highway overpass that read, “Honk if you know Kanye is right about the Jews,” while performing Nazi salutes to widespread condemnation.