American television host, actor, rapper, and comedian, Nick Cannon has retracted his 2020 Anti-Semitic remarks, saying he knows better now about spewing such comments.
Recall that Nick Cannon was fired from ViacomCBS after he made some comments perceived to be anti-Semitic on his Cannon’s Class podcast which later went viral.
While speaking to Professor Griff of Public Enemy fame in an episode uploaded to YouTube, Nick Cannon made some comments perceived to be anti-Semitic.
“It’s never hate speech, you can’t be anti-Semitic when we are the Semitic people,” Cannon said. “When we are the same people who they want to be. That’s our birthright. We are the true Hebrews.”
“The people who don’t have [melanin] … are a little less … so they’re acting out of fear, they’re acting out of low self-esteem. They’re acting out of a deficiency, so therefore they only way that they can act is evil.’’ Nick Cannon said at the time.
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“They have to rob, steal, rape, kill and fight in order to survive … so then these people that didn’t have what we have — and when I say we, I mean the melaninated people — they had to be savages. They had to be barbaric … so they’re the ones that are actually closer to animals. They are the true savages,” he added.
However, Nick Cannon has now retracted his statement during an interview with AllHipHop, saying the whole situation was a learning process for him, and now he knows that communication can go a long way.
“Man, I’m going to be super honest with you. That process was a growth moment for me, on so many levels as a man,” Cannon shared.
“And I even now, we have a podcast, myself and the CEO of the ADL, Jonathan Greenblatt, called Solutions: To Hate or Not To Hate. And it’s really talking about the equation of our two communities from two different perspectives. We voice our side, or the perspective as a Black man, and then he voices his side from a Jewish man.” He added.
