Nick Cannon Defends Kyrie Irving, Calls Nets’ Demands ‘Dehumanizing’

Nick Cannon is ripping the Brooklyn Nets for “dehumanizing” Kyrie Irving with a list of demands that should be finished prior to he can return … comparing the group to a master trying to break a servant.

Cannon safeguarded Irving throughout a discussion with Anti-Defamation League CEO Jonathan Greenblatt today … stating, “I can wholeheartedly say I know Kyrie Irving is not antisemitic.”

Greenblatt states he took severe concern with Irving sharing a movie that questioned the authenticity of the Holocaust … which he described is dehumanizing to Jewish individuals.

Cannon states it goes both methods, though … declaring the conditions of Irving’s suspension — consisting of conference with Jewish leaders and finishing training — resembles “buck-breaking.”

Nick described the term for Greenblatt, stating … “The slave masters would bring the buck — the one that gets out of line — so all the other slaves would see lash after lash, show them the power to set an example. ‘This is what you must do to fall in line.’ So, when we see the 6 things that Kyrie must do to get his job back, that’s dehumanizing.”

Cannon came under fire for making antisemitic remarks in 2020, when he concurred with long-held stereotypes about Jewish individuals … consisting of having control over banks and much of the world’s wealth. Nick likewise recommended white individuals were “a little less” than dark-skinned individuals.

He likewise safeguarded ex-Public Enemy member Professor Griff for stating back in the late ’80s Jews spread wickedness worldwide.

Cannon later apologized for his remarks … stating he was “ashamed of the uninformed and naïve place that these words came from.”