Among the more coherent—which is not to say worthwhile—ideas in Ye’s recent, much-publicized antisemitic social media tirades is the idea that Jewish people control the media and hold disproportionate power within the financial industry. While the Artist-Formerly-Known-As-Kanye-West is obviously (and unapologetically) antisemitic, some might defend his remarks by saying, “I don’t have anything against Jews at all, but what’s so bad about saying Jews are good businesspeople? Calling a group of people ‘good with money’ and ‘intelligent’ is complimenting them, isn’t it?” No, it actually isn’t. While it’s generally not socially acceptable to openly espouse negative stereotypes about large groups...
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