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There is a furor over Nike splits with Kyrie Irving.
Adidas has announced that it will end its partnership with rapper Kanye West. “Ye’s recent comments and actions have been unacceptable, frightening and dangerous and they violate company’s values of diversity…inclusion,” Adidas said in a statement. Earlier, Kanye had tweeted that he didn’t agree with a documentary about Jews, which was deemed antisemitic by Anti-Defamation…
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Irving donated $500,000 to anti-Hate organizations and the Nets did the same.
The Anti-Defamation League (ADL) in a statement said that antisemitic incidents in the US rose from 942 in 2015 to at least 2,717 in 2011. “The answer to the question ‘Do you have any antisemitic beliefs?’ is always ‘NO’ without equivocation,” ADL added. It further said that Kyrie Irving didn’t make good on the promise…