Kyrie Irving: ‘Anti-semitic’ label not justified, meant no disrespect to anyone’s religious beliefs
team owner Joe Tsai who condemned the seven-time All Star after he promoted an antisemitic film and book.
On Thursday, Irving posted a link for the film “Hebrews to Negroes: Wake Up Black America” on social media.
Tsai said that the film is based on a book “full of antisemitic disinformation.”
“I want to sit down and make sure he understands this is hurtful to all of us, and as a man of faith, it is wrong to promote hate based on race, ethnicity or religion,” Tsai wrote. “This is bigger than basketball.”
“The Brooklyn Nets strongly condemn and have no tolerance for the promotion of any form of hate speech,” the team said in a statement. “We believe that in these situations, our first action must be open, honest dialogue. We thank those, including the ADL, who have been supportive during this time.”
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Irving said in his own message on social media posted on Saturday that he isn’t anti-semitic.”