Jamie Foxx apologizes to the Jewish community for social media post
Jamie Foxx apologizes to the Jewish community for social media post
Jamie Foxx is attempting to clear up a misunderstanding stemming from a since-deleted social media post that was criticized by some as antisemitic.
Foxx’s message was in reference to a prior post, no longer found on his feed, which read, “They killed this dude named Jesus… What do you think they’ll do to you???!” He ended the post with the hashtags #fakefriends and #fakelove.
The tweet in question: "They killed this dude named Jesus… What do you think they’ll do to you???! #fakefriends and #fakelove"
In the world we live in, I can see how someone might interpret this as antisemitic, but it's a non-story in my opinion. I'm certaint he meant sinners or something along those lines.
Right, why would people assume he's saying Jews killed Jesus when he did not, in fact, say anything about Jews and Jews did not kill Jesus? I could make the argument that people assuming the worst possible interpretation of Jamie Foxx's words is, in itself, potentially offensive, but I'm not going to jump to conclusions about why they jumped to those conclusions. These types of non stories happen all the time on Twitter and get way more traction than they ever should. We shouldn't even be talking about this right now lol
So you think he's talking about the Romans or something? Makes zero sense.
And your argument is, what, that the News turned Jesus in but didn't directly kill him?
It's not a question of potential. The words are outright offensive, in fact, in reality. And they're pure discrimination, too. Even if some group of people did something shady 2000 years ago, why does that have anything to do with people today? It doesn't, unless...
He clarified it meant "fake friends" which in the context of the Jesus story makes perfect sense. The moral here is maybe don't post every random thought that pops into your head.
The idea that Jews collectively killed Jesus is nothing new.
https://www.myjewishlearning.com/article/who-killed-jesus/
And it's still around. Survey from 2004 linked below shows that about a quarter of Americans held that belief and that it had increased since the late nineties. Hell, I think it was a theme in Jesus Christ Superstar.
I guess someone could be ignorant of all this, but whenever someone brings up who "killed Jesus" they're usually not trying to make some vague point via an innocent analogy. In other words, if someone comes out talking about one of the foundational ideas behind European/American anti-Semitism, I'm going to make some assumptions.
But who knows. Maybe those hoofbeats mean I'm about to be overrun by a herd of zebras.
And we call this amazing career move "The Kanye".
I'm always kinda confused by black Christianity... It's obviously a case of Plymouth Rock landing on them. Why isn't organized religion treated more suspiciously in their communities?
Because historically, spiritualism was vitally important to their communities, and they weren't allowed to practice the beliefs of their ancestors. It filled a void where nothing else was available.
Name an African American civil rights leader (without searching online) that wasn't strongly religious Christian or Muslim.
Or talk to a African American mother about how her church and the connections she made there helped out.
-a friend of mine who is involved with an Atheist African American group.
Always the ones you medium suspect.