There is debate about whether it is anti-Semitic simply to posit that African Americans represent the true children of Israel, implying as it does that non-Black Jews are lying or unaware of their real identity and history
Rapper's comment draws on Black Hebrew Israelite teaching that African-Americans are the true children of Israel, a claim that some say is antisemitic and others ahistorical
Entertainers and athletes such as Kendrick Lamar, Kodak Black, Nick Cannon and DeSean Jackson have also trafficked in antisemitic tropes about Jewish manipulation.
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