#1527 Making Antisemitism Great Again with Ye, Kyrie Irving and Dave Chapelle
Best of the Left - Leftist Perspectives on Progressive Politics, News, Culture, Economics and Democracy
Jay Tomlinson
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🗓️ 23 November 2022
⏱️ 76 minutes
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Summary
Air Date 11/22/2022
Today, we take a look at three recent incidents of celebrities using their platforms to spread antisemitic tropes all in the context of greater openness to antisemitism within the Republican Party in the age of Trumpism.
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SHOW NOTES
Chris Hayes: "Right-wing politics as currently embodied by MAGAism—which is the dominant ethos of one of two of America's major parties—has always been and will always be fundamentally a threat to tolerance and pluralism that will inevitably target Jews."
Ch. 2: Anti-Semitism - This is Democracy - Air Date 11-9-22
This week, Jeremi and Zachary are joined by Peter Beinart to discuss the history of antisemitism in The United States and around the world.
Ch. 3: Legacy Media Problems - In The Thick - Air Date 10-28-22
Maria and Julio talk about the mainstream media’s coverage of the election, the consequences of Kanye West’s antisemitic and anti-Black comments, and voter intimidation efforts in Arizona.
Ch. 4: Conspiracy theories, anti-Semitism and fun - The Philosopher's Zone - Air Date 5-29-22
You don’t have to be stupid to be a conspiracy theorist. Many people who buy into paranoid fantasies about stolen Presidential elections and sinister global Jewish cabals are perfectly sane, well-educated individuals. So why do they fall for these myths?
Ch. 5: Unpacking Kyrie Irving - Edge of Sports - Air Date 11-7-22
‘Choice Words’ about Kyrie Irving, anti-Semitism, and his frightening new allies.
Ch. 6: A historic look at the ties between Black and Jewish communities - CBS Mornings - Air Date 7-22-20
Jericka Duncan took a deep dive into the history of anti-Semitism, and the rich history between the Black and Jewish communities.
Why "positive" stereotypes about Jewish people are promoted by White Supremacists
Ch. 8: Nick reacts to Kyrie Irving’s promotion of antisemitic film - What’s Wright? - Air Date 10-31-22
Nick weighs in on Irving’s recent promotion of antisemitic film before Jewish-owned team visited Nets. Nick reacts to Irving’s actions involving his past controversies with off-the-court issues.
MEMBERS-ONLY BONUS CLIP(S)
Ch. 9: Pogroms and Prejudice - Arts & Ideas - Air Date 8-24-22
New Generation Thinker Brendan McGeever traces the links between anti-Semitism now and pogroms in the former Soviet Union and the language used to describe this form of racism.
VOICEMAILS
Ch. 10: Policing gender norms - VoicedMailer John
FINAL COMMENTS
Ch. 12: Final comments on Jon Stewart discussing antisemitism and Dave Chapelle
Articles:
Jon Stewart is right about how to fight antisemitism — and should maybe be our ‘spokesjew’
Jon Stewart is not our ‘spokesjew’ — he normalized hate speech
Original Interview:
MUSIC (Blue Dot Sessions)
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Description: Horizontally split image. The top half is a black and white photo of Ye (formerly known as Kanye West) performing at a concert. The bottom half is a close-up, profile photo of Kyrie Irving on the basketball court holding a basketball near his face about to shoot.
Credit 1: “Kanye West Central Hall” by Daniel Cruz Valle, Flickr | License: CC by 2.0 | Changes: Cropped
Credit 2: “Kyrie Irving” by Erik Frost, Flickr | License: CC by 2.0 | Changes: Cropped
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| 0:00.0 | Welcome to this episode of the award-winning Best of Left podcast, in which we shall |
| 0:07.0 | take a look at three recent incidents of celebrities using their platforms to spread |
| 0:11.9 | anti-Semitic tropes all in the context of greater openness to anti-Semitism within the |
| 0:17.5 | Republican Party in the age of Trumpism. |
| 0:20.7 | But first, just a quick thought to take with you, I want to acknowledge up front the tension |
| 0:25.6 | that sometimes exists between anti-blackness and anti-Semitism. |
| 0:30.7 | Concern over anti-Semitism can sometimes actually be a form of anti-blackness in disguise |
| 0:36.6 | and vice versa, in sort of a divide and conquer strategy. |
| 0:40.8 | For instance, today's show addresses the perpetuation of anti-Semitic tropes by three |
| 0:46.2 | famous black men, and someone with racist motivations could take the same set of stories |
| 0:51.7 | and use it as an opportunity to criticize black anti-Semitism in order to stoke anti-blackness. |
| 0:58.7 | That's not what we're doing. |
| 1:01.3 | The races of Yeh, Kyrie Irving, and Dave Chappelle certainly influence the dynamics of the |
| 1:07.8 | discussion about what they each said, as you will soon hear. |
| 1:12.0 | For us, it's the celebrity and influence of these three that make their reason comments |
| 1:18.0 | worthy of discussion and related to one another, not so much their races. |
| 1:22.8 | I think the episode will speak for itself, and it'll be clear where we're coming from, |
| 1:26.5 | but I also wanted to set the stage now so that you know that we know what we're dealing |
| 1:32.4 | with right from the start. |
| 1:34.7 | And now, onto the show clips today are from All In With Chris Hayes. |
| 1:38.8 | This is Democracy in the Thick, the Philosopher's Zone, Edge of Sports, CBS Mornings, Jamel |
| 1:46.7 | Cannon, and What's Right with an additional members-only clip from Art and Ideas. |
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