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Edge of Sports

Ice Cube on Anti-Semitism and The Contract With Black America

Edge of Sports

Dave Zirin / The Nation

News, Sports News, Sports, History, Politics

4.8616 Ratings

🗓️ 3 August 2020

⏱️ 42 minutes

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Summary

This week on the show we speak to rapper/actor/mogul Ice Cube about his recent postings of anti-Semitic cartoons and how he answers for them. We also speak about his new political project: The Black Contract with America. 

Ice Cube
Twitter: @icecube

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1:01.2

change people's spirit and change people's minds and hearts and try to get some, get something for,

1:09.5

you know, for my people. You know, that's the tip I'm on right now.

1:13.5

I'm trying to just get some, you know, a little more equality for black people here in America.

1:20.4

And I think the whole country would be better, relieved, and start to heal.

1:40.2

Welcome to the Edge of Sports podcast.

1:42.4

I'm Dave Zyrie.

1:43.5

This week we are talking with rapper, actor, and icon Ice Cube about anti-Semitism and his black contract with America.

1:51.6

Just some backstory about how this interview came about and then we'll jump right in.

1:56.2

I wrote an article a few weeks back about the anti-Semitic social media posts and statements of NFL

2:02.0

player Deshawn Jackson and former NBA player Stephen Jackson. In The Peace, which people can check

2:08.4

out at the nation.com, I of course condemn the anti-Semitism on display, but it was also an article

2:15.4

about why oppressed people are often bamboozled by anti-Semitic ideas as a way to explain their own oppression, the allure and attraction thereof.

2:26.3

I also ask the question why Donald Trump's anti-Semitism gets a yawn and a pass from the media, but the press gets all hot and bothered

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