Ice Cube tweets more anti-Semitic imagery, defends practice
Rapper responds to criticism of picture implying Jewish control of globe by saying he is just being ‘pro-black’
JTA — Two days after being criticized for tweeting a mural some have called anti-Semitic, the rapper Ice Cube was back at it on Wednesday, tweeting images associated with multiple conspiracy theories — and facing open criticism from other celebrities.
One image tweeted by Ice Cube is of a Star of David with a cube in its center.
A subsequent tweet shows black cube structures in different places around the world — the implication being that Jewish control spans the globe.
The tweet was hit with a warning from Twitter saying that it “might contain sensitive content.”
https://twitter.com/rgay/status/1270798734410911747
The message prompted another wave of criticism, including from prominent journalist Roxane Gay and commentator Marc Lamont Hill, who has apologized after being wrapped up in an anti-Semitism controversy of his own in 2018.
In response to Hill, Cube said he was just being “pro-Black.”
What if I was just pro-Black? This is the truth brother. I didn’t lie on anyone. I didn’t say I was anti anybody. DONT BELIEVE THE HYPE. I’ve been telling my truth. https://t.co/1SnGaGacM9
— Ice Cube (@icecube) June 11, 2020
Ice Cube has long had a fraught relationship with Jews: The NWA founder supports Nation of Islam leader Louis Farrakhan (see his anti-Semitic Twitter history here), has toyed with anti-Semitic concepts in lyrics and allegedly assaulted and shouted epithets at a rabbi in 2015.
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