To the editor: Kanye West’s antisemitic feedback and the hateful fliers circulating in Beverly Hills and elements of Los Angeles are very disturbing. However the unhappy half is that West has a big following, and proper now he's fueling racist and antisemitic teams.
In fact, antisemitism and racist hate have been with us for a really very long time, however they nonetheless can't go with out good individuals calling them out. The 2017 rally in Charlottesville, Va., and then-President Trump’s remarks that there have been “very high quality individuals, on each side” at that rally, energized far-right hate teams. At this time, these hate teams have discovered a brand new chief in West, and he has many followers.
If we simply ignore West and dismiss him as a person with psychological well being points, we ignore that his followers are staying with him. We've got come a great distance because the finish of World Struggle II, however we nonetheless have an extended technique to go.
The easiest way to confront West is to not help any of the businesses, akin to Adidas, that do enterprise with him, and to name out individuals and teams who help his views.
Edward A. Sussman, Fountain Valley
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To the editor: My son got here residence from center college sooner or later and requested me, “What's a kike?” Now, he's 34. I've three kids, and I might say that none feels comfy in sure settings letting others know they're Jewish.
They've all been mocked sooner or later of their lives. One gained’t put a mezuzah up at her entrance door for worry of focusing on.
And now now we have West together with his latest antisemitic remarks. My recommendation to him is to offer himself a timeout after which, in a few weeks, look within the mirror. He'll nonetheless see a Black man, and I hope he realizes that white supremacists need his cash and fame to advance their hateful agenda. When he's now not helpful to them, they'll come for him.
The Black Likes Matter motion has been a wake-up for this nation. I recommend that West take historical past and theology lessons from a good faculty, the place he would possibly truly study some actual details.
Melanie Bronstein, Redondo Seashore
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To the editor: I'm a Jew, noun, not a “Jewish particular person.” When and why did the media, together with The Instances, cease utilizing the right phrase and start utilizing the long term?
The phrase “Jew” has been used as a pejorative for hundreds of years. The antisemites who hung the banners over the 405 Freeway this previous weekend didn’t hassle with softening their selection of phrases, and that, I worry, makes clear that not one of the well-intended makes an attempt to make Jews extra comfy with their portrayals by calling them “Jewish individuals” could have any actual impact.
Just like different victims of verbal abuse, even many Jews wince on the phrase. I ask my fellow Jews to consider their selection once they say “I’m Jewish” fairly than “I’m a Jew.” Be a proud noun.
Sheldon Roth, Northridge
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