Charlamagne Tha God has weighed in on ViacomCBS’ firing of Nick Cannon – and now he’s being called anti-Semitic. The radio personality and author said Cannon’s firing proved Jewish people “have the power,” reported the Jewish Journal.
“Listen, Nick is my guy. I hate it had to be him, but that’s what you can do when you have the power,” Charlamagne Tha God said on “The Breakfast Club” Wednesday. “And if there’s one thing Jewish people have showed us, it’s they have the power.
“I can’t wait until the day Black people are able to fire people for saying things about us that we deem racist. We can barely get cops fired for actually killing us,” he added.
After making the comments, Charlamagne’s remarks were condemned as anti-Semitic by several prominent Jewish people.
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“What happened with @NickCannon is a teachable moment — instead Charlamagne pushes a dangerous and age-old anti-Semitic trope by stating ‘Jews have the power,’ Nick Cannon held himself accountable; @cthagod needs to do the same,” tweeted Anti-Defamation League CEO Jonathan Greenblatt.
“It’s a common misconception that anti-Semitism is just a personal prejudice towards Jewish people. It’s not. It’s also a conspiracy theory about how the entire world works,” Jewish writer Yair Rosenberg tweeted.
“This also creates an agonizing catch-22 for Jews when confronted with anti-Semitism. If we say nothing, the hatred spreads unchecked,” Rosenberg continued in a follow-up tweet. ”If we say something, and it results in any consequences for the anti-Semite, the bigot just uses that as proof for their anti-Semitic worldview.”
Charlamagne has not responded to the backlash.
