Casey Neistat hits out at Kanye West for \u201cfanning flames of hatred\u201d YouTube: Casey NeistatYouTube megastar Casey Neistat has shared his perspective on Kayne West\u2019s recent actions, following several antisemitic remarks and controversial actions carried by out West. Kayne West is currently facing a barrage of backlash after the 808s & Heartbreaks musician caused controversy with numerous comments levied at the Jewish community. West\u2019s ex-wife Kim Kardashian has since offered support to those affected by West\u2019s antisemitic remarks, explaining that West\u2019s actions are \u201cnever OK or excusable.\u201d Kanye was previously ousted by Instagram, following a similar incident involving Meta CEO Mark Zuckerberg, and has also been banned from Twitter. Now, long-time fan Casey Neistat has responded to the situation, as the situation continues to escalate, revealing his \u201churt\u201d over it. Casey Neistat responds to Kayne West controversy amid antisemitic comments On October 25, Casey Neistat steered away from his usual vlog content, uploading the video \u2018Kanye, you broke my heart\u2019. Responding with his thoughts on West\u2019s recent behavior, Neistat explained that \u201call I can think about is the hatred that this guy is spewing. The damage that it\u2019s causing.\u201d \u201cHostility towards all Jewish people is on the rise and Kanye West, one of the biggest stars on the planet, is doing his part to fan the flames of hatred towards an entire group of people,\u201d continued Neistat. While Neistat claims he is \u201cnot religious\u201d he believes that \u201cJudaism is an Ethno-religion\u2026while my feelings are undefined, I\u2019m immensely proud of my Jewish background and heritage.\u201d \u201cSo for Ye to spew that kind of hatred, it doesn\u2019t matter whether it\u2019s antisemitism or old fashioned racism\u2026it\u2019s all the same, it\u2019s all hate speech,\u201d he added. Neistat expressed that West\u2019s influence in relation to these comments \u201ctells other people of comprised integrity\u2026it gives them permission to also get out there and spread hate.\u201d As a long-time admirer of West\u2019s artistry, Neistat clarified that West\u2019s words \u201churt\u201d even more as West\u2019s early music \u201cis generational. It has the power to inspire a generation.\u201d Instead, Neistat feels that West is using his platform to \u201cdivide instead of unite.\u201d In the wake of West\u2019s behavior, Adidas dropped the musician from their brand and all Yeezy products will cease manufacturing.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
Casey Neistat hits out at Kanye West for \u201cfanning flames of hatred\u201d YouTube: Casey NeistatYouTube megastar Casey Neistat has shared his perspective on Kayne West\u2019s recent actions, following several antisemitic remarks and controversial actions carried by out West. Kayne West is currently facing a barrage of backlash after the 808s & Heartbreaks musician caused controversy […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-45569","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uncategorized"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/dejan.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/45569","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/dejan.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/dejan.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dejan.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dejan.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=45569"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/dejan.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/45569\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/dejan.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=45569"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dejan.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=45569"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dejan.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=45569"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}