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| | More came out on Nov 9, 2022, that "Ye paid a settlement to former employee who alleged he praised Hitler and Nazis during meetings, documents show." Besides that, "six people who have worked with Ye or witnessed him in professional settings over the past five years said they had heard him praise Hitler or mention conspiracy theories about Jewish people."<ref>Ben Goggin, [https://www.nbcnews.com/news/us-news/kanye-west-ye-settlement-anti-semitic-jewish-hitler-nazis-allegations-rcna54485 Ye paid a settlement to former employee who alleged he praised Hitler and Nazis during meetings, documents show], ''NBC News'', Nov 9, 2022.</ref> | | More came out on Nov 9, 2022, that "Ye paid a settlement to former employee who alleged he praised Hitler and Nazis during meetings, documents show." Besides that, "six people who have worked with Ye or witnessed him in professional settings over the past five years said they had heard him praise Hitler or mention conspiracy theories about Jewish people."<ref>Ben Goggin, [https://www.nbcnews.com/news/us-news/kanye-west-ye-settlement-anti-semitic-jewish-hitler-nazis-allegations-rcna54485 Ye paid a settlement to former employee who alleged he praised Hitler and Nazis during meetings, documents show], ''NBC News'', Nov 9, 2022.</ref> |
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| − | A day after this came out, (not surprisingly as a whole), N.O. Islam's [[Farrakhan]] did defend him.<ref>"NOI L. Farrakhan discusses..." ''Memri'', Nov 15, 2022.<br><font size=1>(Reiterating, peddling his old lies:
| + | Less than a week after this came out, (not surprisingly as a whole), N.O. Islam's [[Farrakhan]] did defend him.<ref>"NOI L. Farrakhan discusses..." ''Memri'', Nov 15, 2022.<br><font size=1>(Reiterating, peddling his old lies: |
| | falsification of history book which also confused Jewels with Jews, while final research shows Jews were actually very under represented in slave trade - [https://www.tabletmag.com/amp/sections/arts-letters/articles/slave-trade-black-muslim Slave Trade a Nation of Islam Lie... B. Ungar-Sargon, Tablet Mag. 2013]. | | falsification of history book which also confused Jewels with Jews, while final research shows Jews were actually very under represented in slave trade - [https://www.tabletmag.com/amp/sections/arts-letters/articles/slave-trade-black-muslim Slave Trade a Nation of Islam Lie... B. Ungar-Sargon, Tablet Mag. 2013]. |
| | <blockquote>Faber found during his more recent scholarly research with British Naval Office records that in 18th-century Britain, Jews actually were not heavily invested in the trading part of the slave trade. “Overwhelmingly,” Faber said, “Jewish merchants and shippers were not involved at all; they represent a minuscule portion of owners of ships.” While Jews did own slaves, he found, “their ownership was directly proportionate to their numbers.” Both were about 18 percent. The two companies with slaving ventures had small numbers of Jews among their owners: The Royal Africa Company had none until 1712, and the South Sea Company always had a handful of Jews... Faber says. The numbers just aren’t there to support the view,” said Faber. “Jews were involved, but to an insignificant degree. That doesn’t absolve them of that guilt, but everyone made money off African slaves: Arabs, Europeans, Africans,” he said. “And there was no attempt to deny it...” | | <blockquote>Faber found during his more recent scholarly research with British Naval Office records that in 18th-century Britain, Jews actually were not heavily invested in the trading part of the slave trade. “Overwhelmingly,” Faber said, “Jewish merchants and shippers were not involved at all; they represent a minuscule portion of owners of ships.” While Jews did own slaves, he found, “their ownership was directly proportionate to their numbers.” Both were about 18 percent. The two companies with slaving ventures had small numbers of Jews among their owners: The Royal Africa Company had none until 1712, and the South Sea Company always had a handful of Jews... Faber says. The numbers just aren’t there to support the view,” said Faber. “Jews were involved, but to an insignificant degree. That doesn’t absolve them of that guilt, but everyone made money off African slaves: Arabs, Europeans, Africans,” he said. “And there was no attempt to deny it...” |