‘Kanye is Right About Jews’ Projected at Florida Football Game, Causes Backlash Among Sport Clubs

FILE – Kanye West watches the first half of an NBA basketball game between the Washington Wizards and the Los Angeles Lakers in Los Angeles, on March 11, 2022 A completed documentary about the rapper formerly known as Kanye West has been shelved amid his recent slew of antisemitic remarkEvgeny MikhaylovIn October, several brands, including Adidas, Balenciaga, Vogue, and the CAA talent agency, cut ties with Kanye, after the rapper said that the music industry is tightly controlled by the Jewish people.Several club owners and officials rushed to condemn antisemitism after the words “Kanye is right about the Jews” were projected in a stadium during a college football game in Jacksonville. The said incident occurred during the Saturday match between Florida and Georgia, when the phrase could be seen outside of one of the end zones at the TIAA Bank Field arena.The University of Georgia and University of Florida published a joint statement after the game condemning the “hate speech” and noting that they “together denounce these and all acts of antisemitism and other forms of hatred and intolerance.”