Rapper Macklemore is a vocal supporter of Palestine and Gaza residents. During a recent concert at MetLife Stadium, he yelled “Free Palestine!” onstage, projected images of devastation in the area, and performed protest song “Hind’s Hall.”
Now, it seems that American venues are not willing to play ball with the Seattle artist, and he has been dropped from Ed Sheeran’s Loop Tour.
“After discussions with stakeholders, Macklemore will not be performing on the remaining support dates,” according to Messina Touring Group, the promoter of Loop Tour. This news follows backlash from organizations like StopAntisemitism and others, such as pop star Pink.
Excellent! I’d like to speak to the costume itself. You seem to have a very different view of it than I do, and I’d love to get some guidance if you feel up to providing it.
I see the “anti-jewish propaganda nose” that is very obviously the nose from antisemitic literature over the years, but I do not see any other signs of this being and attempt at a “jewish costume”. Every other part of the costume, to me, screams of being a caricature of an upper middle class middle eastern business owner. I have never seen the bowl cut, beard, gold shirt, etc aspects of the costume as associated with jewish people at all.
I understand where Israel resides on an map and the history of the jewish people, I’ve just never seen overlap with those two caricatures. I am also not saying that Macklemore saying “hey I’m a greasy slimeball brown businessman” is any better. I’m just relaying what I see in an attempt to see what you, and others, saw.
Are racists really portraying jewish people in this way and I’ve just missed it? I’m sure there is a mountain of modern, online, magat cave, racist tropes that I’m just not caught up on.
You’re not going to recognize every single dog whistle that is out there and trying to will drive you insane. Go easy on yourself for not seeing this one.
I’m not being hard on myself, nor am I troubled. Your answer that there is no clear indication the he was being antisemitic is heard through. Thank you for your time.
No, it was clear. Just not to you.
If it wasn’t clear the ADL wouldn’t have gotten mad in the first place and he wouldn’t have needed to apologize at all.
Lol, which is why you articulated it so very well when you said that it was the… Hmm
And the ADL is no longer a reliable source for what counts as antisemitism. Maybe they were in 2014, but their current stance calls every call they’ve ever made into question.