- cross-posted to:
- palestine@lemmy.ml
- cross-posted to:
- palestine@lemmy.ml
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.
I’m not mad, but the fact that you feel my first post asking for pictures was “aggressive” gives me a good insight into your emotional sensitivity. I apologize if my phrasing caused you discomfort.
It is very discomforting for me to see the entire major media landscape and almost all politicians in support of genocide and the violent suppression of voices and actions lifted to attempt and stop genocide. I use humor as a way to disarm my own feelings of terror at the sight of such overwhelming, callous destruction.
You responded to my request for pictures of Maclemore’s antisemitism, for which Pink is claiming he was just fired for, with a well publicized 12 year old picture. It seemed like you were attempting to pass it off as proof of his current position,.or of antisemitism at all. My mistake if you were just confused as to why it’s irrelevant. And my apologies for phrasing my response as if you were being intentionally misleading if you were not.
Nope not trying to pass it off as his current position. I genuinely thought you were demanding pictures of his past actions. I did not mean to be misleading.
I was classifying the costume as an antisemitic moment, which it was. He has since apologized and made good in the eyes of the Jewish community (apart from Pink) and doesn’t hold the views that that costume would suggest.
More to the point, saying “Free Palestine” isn’t an antisemitic statement at all.
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.