In choosing to host a Kanye West concert, SoFi Stadium has chosen to “spit in the face of every Jewish person in Los Angeles,” according to politician and advocate Sam Yebri.
West announced he would appear in Los Angeles for a one-night performance at the massive Southern California venue on April 3 in a social media post shared Monday.
The concert is the 48-year-old rapper’s first live show in the city in five years, and members of the Jewish community aren’t happy about itgiven the vile, antisemitic commentsWest has made over years.
“Sofi hosting a Ye concert after his years of hate-filled vitriol and Nazi-inspired music spits in the face of every Jewish person in Los Angeles,” Yebri, a former city council candidate and Jewish advocate, told The California Post.
“Events need venues. Venues make choices. Sofi made a despicable choice,” he added. “Would Sofi host a neo-Nazi rally or ISIS convention too?”
The former city council candidate said unless West planned to use the concert to apologize for the his hateful comments, anyone who attends the event is no better than the rapper.
“Unless Ye is planning to use his concert to apologize, heal wounds, and disavow antisemitism, everyone who attends is supporting and normalizing anti-Jewish racism.”
A spokesperson for the Anti Defamation League said an apology to the Jewish people was definitely in order given Ye praisedAdolf Hitler, called himself a Nazi, and denied that antisemitism is real.
“Ye’s apology to the Jewish people is long overdue and doesn’t automatically undo his long history of antisemitism – the antisemitic ‘Heil Hitler’ song he created, the hundreds of tweets, the swastikas and myriad Holocaust references – and all of the feelings of hurt and betrayal it caused,” the ADL spokesperson said.
“The truest apology would be for him to not engage in antisemitic behavior in the future. We wish him well on the road to recovery.”
Source: California Post – Breaking California News, Photos & Videos
