Last week, Brooklyn Nets guard Kyrie Irving shared a link on social media to the film, “Hebrews to Negroes: Wake Up Black America,” which contains various antisemitic tropes. Upon repeated opportunities during media availabilities over the following week, Irving refused to concretely or definitively disavow antisemitism, including Thursday, when he avoided directly answering whether he holds any antisemitic beliefs.
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Following that media session, along with all of Irving’s other actions throughout the past week, Brooklyn has suspended him “for at least five games without pay.