Julian Edelman Addresses Kanye’s Anti-Semitic Remarks, Hate Must Stop

On the heels of Adidas dropping Kanye West for making anti-Semitic remarks, Jewish previous NFL star Julian Edelman is dealing with the rap artist’s usage of upsetting language … stating psychological health is very important however does not validate speaking hatefully.

“Mental health is a serious issue and needs to be at the forefront of the American dialogue,” Edelman composed on social networks.

“It’s also not an excuse for hate. Hate is a disease just like every other, except that words can spread it. Speak up, not down.”

Edelman is perhaps the highest-profile Jewish American professional athlete to speak up.

Of course, Ye has actually consistently utilized anti-Semitic and bigoted language at relatively every turn over the last couple of weeks. He stated he was going “death con 3 On JEWISH PEOPLE” on Twitter. He likewise perpetuated offending tropes, produced “White Lives Matter” t-shirts and made inflammatory remarks about George Floyd.

People of all races and religious beliefs have actually been upset by Kanye’s remarks … consisting of basketball Hall of Famer, Ray Allen.

“I see all the Kanye BS, like, he’s an idiot,” the NBA legend stated on social networks prior to providing a cautioning about what we take in.

“I try my best to just kind of push positivity and encouragement to people in the world so we just have to be careful. Every time we pick up our phones, a lot of times we wanna feel good, laugh and joke but a lot of times, we’re seeing negative stories in our media. So, we gotta be careful who we’re letting into our atmosphere because it can become depressing with everything that’s going on around the world.”

Even his ex, Kim Kardashian, has condemned Kanye’s anti-Semitism, composing previously today … “Hate speech is never OK or excusable. I stand together with the Jewish community and call on the terrible violence and hateful rhetoric towards them to come to an immediate end.”

But, not everybody is distancing themselves from Ye.

As we reported, Celtics star Jaylen Brown revealed Monday he was sticking to Ye’s marketing group, Donda Sports … nevertheless, he did relatively condemn West’s remarks, stating, “I don’t condone any hurt, harm, or danger toward any group of people or individuals whatsoever.”