Maino took to his Instagram today to ask his fans about Kyrie Irving’s latest controversy.
The Brooklyn rapper, questioned why Kyrie Irving is being held accountable for sharing a link despite Amazon releasing the documentary. “So Kyrie Iriving is being held for being responsible for a link to a documentary that’s on Amazon and Amazon is a platform that it’s being shared. So he’s being held accountable by Nike and whoever else, but Amazon is not.”
As we previously reported, Kyrie Irving has been catching some heat lately after he tweeted out a link to a documentary called “Hebrews to Negroes: Wake Up Black America.” Which resulted in him being suspended by the Nets.
According to Rollingstone, the documentary puts forward “ideas in line with more extreme factions of the Black Hebrew Israelites, which have a long history of misogyny, homophobia, xenophobia, Islamophobia, and especially antisemitism.”
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The Brooklyn Nets point guard went on Twitter recently to address the labels that’s being pushed on him after promoting the documentary. “I am an OMNIST and I meant no disrespect to anyone’s religious beliefs. The “Anti-Semitic” label that is being pushed on me is not justified and does not reflect the reality or truth I live in everyday. I embrace and want to learn from all walks of life and religions. Hélà
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Brooklyn Nets owner Joe Tsai spoke out about Irving’s behavior in a a recent tweet saying: “I’m disappointed that Kyrie appears to support a film based on a book full of anti-semitic disinformation,” Tsai wrote. “I want to sit down and make sure he understands this is hurtful to all of us, and as a man of faith, it is wrong to promote hate based on race, ethnicity or religion. This is bigger than basketball.”