antisemitism Archives - Empoword Journalism https://www.empowordjournalism.com/tag/antisemitism/ Led by women. Uniting and empowering journalists across the globe. Sun, 20 Nov 2022 15:06:22 +0000 en-GB hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.9.4 Brand Responses To Kanye West’s Antisemitism Are Not Enough https://www.empowordjournalism.com/all-articles/opinion/brand-responses-to-kanye-wests-antisemitism-are-not-enough/ https://www.empowordjournalism.com/all-articles/opinion/brand-responses-to-kanye-wests-antisemitism-are-not-enough/#respond Sun, 20 Nov 2022 15:06:22 +0000 https://www.empowordjournalism.com/?p=33747 Kanye West, often known as Ye, is one of the most influential and wealthiest musicians on the contemporary scene. Ye made a fortune after launching his brand Yeezy and partnering with retailers like Adidas and Gap, after which he landed himself on the Forbes Billionaire list with a net worth of $1.8 billion. But Kanye's success took a massive hit on October 25th 2022, when Adidas terminated their partnership in response to the musician's antisemitic outburst.

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]]> https://www.empowordjournalism.com/all-articles/opinion/brand-responses-to-kanye-wests-antisemitism-are-not-enough/feed/ 0 Caryn Johnson’s (Whoopi Goldberg) Comments On The Holocaust Are Symptomatic Of A Bigger Issue https://www.empowordjournalism.com/all-articles/caryn-johnsons-whoopi-goldberg-comments-on-the-holocaust-are-symptomatic-of-a-bigger-issue/ https://www.empowordjournalism.com/all-articles/caryn-johnsons-whoopi-goldberg-comments-on-the-holocaust-are-symptomatic-of-a-bigger-issue/#respond Thu, 24 Feb 2022 22:47:54 +0000 https://www.empowordjournalism.com/?p=22374 Melanie Goldberg Until fairly recently, I spent most of my life assuming that Whoopi Goldberg was Jewish, for good or bad. Born Caryn Johnson, her mother urged the name change on the premise that Hollywood was ‘dominated’ by Jews, and she would therefore garner more success with a Jewish name.

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