NEW: NBA player and noted "free-thinker" Kyrie Irving took to Twitter to boost a movie and book stuffed with antisemitic tropes.https://t.co/ibMlleGqPs
— Rolling Stone (@RollingStone) October 28, 2022
Kyrie Irving promoted an antisemitic book that claims anti-Black racism can be traced back to key Jewish texts (false) and has a section wondering if there's "any connection" between Lucifer, Satan, Freemasonry, and Judaism.
Story: https://t.co/PjlURcAdIt pic.twitter.com/rPW1CHZfb7
— Rolling Stone (@RollingStone) October 28, 2022
The social media posts from @KyrieIrving are troubling. The book and film he promotes trade in deeply #antisemitic themes including those promoted by dangerous sects of the Black Hebrew Israelites movement. Irving should clarify now. More on BHI here: https://t.co/GNvuQ2Ueqj https://t.co/KPn6PNEiar
— Jonathan Greenblatt (@JGreenblattADL) October 28, 2022
h/t dr0id