David Baddiel tells in an interview he considers Kanye West to be a racist with a “really powerful voice” because he is a “brilliant hip-hop artist”.
He said allowing Kanye West to start tweeting again would be “dangerous for Jews” and “dangerous for his children”.
Kanye West is currently suspended from Twitter for tweeting an image of a swastika hours after praising Nazi dictator Adolf Hitler.
The musician, 45, posted the grossly offensive image only two weeks after being allowed back on the site following a previous ban.
Baddiel said he understood why Twitter owner Elon Musk might consider another reprieve for the rapper.
He told in the interview program;
“Kanye West being let back onto that platform seems to be part of Elon Musk trying to make (it) less dominated by the progressive left.
“I’m not bothered about those arguments. I’m bothered about what is dangerous for Jews. What is dangerous for my children. I do think it’s dangerous. I think it’s actively dangerous”.
David Baddiel
Regarding West’s motivation, Baddiel said antisemitism is “often seen by people as punching up”.
He continued to say they don’t see it as racism because Jews are seen as powerful.
“So Kanye will say things like, Jews are in control of the music business, I’m finally throwing off the shackles of how Jews won’t let me speak about this because they’re in control”.
David Baddiel
West has previously accused record producer Sean “Diddy” Combs of being controlled by “the Jewish people” in a post on Instagram.
Baddiel went on:
“It comes from a sense of, this is a rebel yell against a race that is controlling us, and the problem with that is, it doesn’t sound like a far-right person saying ‘look at these scum, I’m just going to kill them.
“It sounds like someone fighting the good fight. And that is actually what Hitler, who Kanye has said he’s an admirer of, that is also how Hitler sounded to some people”.
David Baddiel
In an interview with the conspiracy theorist, Alex Jones, Kanye West said:
“I like Hitler”.
Kanye West
Baddiel said that Kanye West retains the ability to influence people.
Asked whether West is racist, Baddiel said:
“I think what he said is antisemitic. And I think antisemitism is racism. Yes”.
David Baddiel
David Baddiel explains why he apologized to footballer Jason Lee
Baddiel also discussed his recent apology to the ex-footballer Jason Lee, for the way he portrayed him in sketches in his 1990s television series Fantasy Football League.
“As I became more aware of racism directed against me, as well as being hurt or upset by that, or thinking this is weird, this clearly really racist thing that I am guilty of the same thing, and that brought it home to me over time, over much too much time, that I should apologize to Jason Lee.
“When I made a documentary, I thought I should go and film a face-to-face apology. And thankfully Jason was up for doing that, and it was really difficult. He didn’t in any way let me off”.
David Baddiel
Baddiel said he felt totally terrible.
He told in the interview that;
“At the end of it, I went up to him, and I just said, look, sorry again, and thank you for seeing me. And he just shook my hand and said, no, it’s done now.
“Meaning we’ve done it now, and we can move on. Which is important for me, and important for him. It was difficult. It should be difficult”.
David Baddiel
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