Mike Tyson against Jewish Hate: UFC News: Mike Tyson has shared on instagram that he stands against Antisemitic hate in the US. Antisemitism in the US isnt a new concept. Being a jew in America during the past couple of years has always meant being subjected to hatred. In 2022 as per a combination of reports 3,697 harassment incidents, vandalism and assaults were registered against the Jewish people and their community. Follow UFC News Updates with InsideSport.IN.
The Anti-Defamation League’s annual audit reveals a 36% increase in antisemitic events in the United States in 2022. This is the highest record since the group started keeping the records in the year 1979.
‘Antisemitic hate’- Boxing legend takes a stand against Racism in the US
Anti-Jewish hostility and Judeophobia (fear of Jews) extend back to ancient times, but the term antisemitism was not coined until the nineteenth century.
Antisemitism is defined as hostility towards Jews. The Holocaust, in which millions of European Jews were killed by Nazi Germany and its allies between 1933 and 1945, is the worst instance of antisemitism in human history.
Mike Tyson has shared a post on Instagram that reads “Nearly 70 % of all Jewish Americans faced Antisemitic Hate online last year”.
Mike Tyson against Jewish Hate: ‘Antisemitic hate’- Boxing legend takes a stand against Racism in the US
The industry of MMA hasnt been excluded either, in 2022 Nata Levy, a professional mixed martial artist in the UFC lightweight division, also stood up against Antisemitism. Ye also famously known as Kanye West had made a series of antisemitic remarks which led Twitter to suspend his account. The celebrity had posted an image of a Nazi swastika inside a star of David.
Since the celebrity had posted a series of hateful posts towards the Jewish people and their community the MMA fighter noticed an uptick in antisemitic hate being sent online to the Jewish people. Mike Tyson too spoke up against Kanye saying, if a person with such a power can ignite hatred amongst others towards a community, imagine what someone else with the same fame is capable of. He asked how is such a delusional man capable of comparing himself to god right for people to consider his opinion right.
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