Now we could have told Jamie Foxx that writing subliminal notes on social media does more harm than good and never resolves anything.
As a matter of fact it causes more problems… Now he is being labeled as Antisemitic.
Or as the NY Post puts it:
He is appearing to promote antisemitic myths that Jewish people were responsible for the death of Jesus.
Jamie took to Instagram on Saturday to apologize for his post on Friday that is now deleted.
The post said:
“THEY KILLED THIS DUDE NAMED JESUS…WHAT DO YOU THINK THEY’LL DO TO YOU???!”.
Chile it did not take long for the backlash to happen around the word ‘they’.
Jamie apologized to the Jewish community explaining that he meant no harm even though his choice of words may have been offensive.
He then clarified that he was betrayed by a fake friend and that ‘they’ meant nothing more than that.
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Jennifer Anniston entered the chat when she seemingly ‘liked’ the post.
According to the NY Post the action on social media sparked outcry from her fans and prompting her to release a statement condoning the “horrifically antisemitic message.”
“This really makes me sick,” she wrote on her Instagram Story late Friday. “I did not ‘like’ this post on purpose or by accident.”
“And more importantly, I want to be clear to my friends and anyone hurt by this showing up in their feeds — I do NOT support any form of antisemitism,” she added. “And I truly don’t tolerate HATE of any kind. Period.”
Aniston did not say how her name came up as a “liker” of Foxx’s post if she didn’t deliberately or accidentally like it.
It’s possible that a screenshot of the image had been doctored to include her name.
Foxx’s post sparked controversy online, as users debated whether his statements were rooted in hate.
“I am a Jewish advocate who fights antisemitism. Jamie Foxx’s post was a horrifically antisemitic message rooted in classic blood libel and anti-Jewish conspiracy theory,” one person tweeted. “He has 16.7 million followers. I’m not waiting on him to further expand.”
“The line ‘they killed Jesus’ has been used to attack Jewish people for centuries,” wrote another person. “I’m guessing Jamie Foxx was referring to Judas, and not ‘the Jews’, but I don’t know why anyone would think it’s a stretch to think it was an antisemitic statement.”
But not everyone decried Foxx’s sentiments — one person argued that the “They Cloned Tyrone” actor was referring to ” fake friends” as it didn’t mention Jewish people at all.
“How did Jamie Foxx’s post read as antisemitic? (Rhetorical question),” the X, formerly known as Twitter, user wrote. “It’s so easy to think from your own experiences ..but literally as a Black person raised Christian in Texas as well I know for a fact he was talking about friends and followers betraying you not Jews.”
