Football star Dashon Jackson's antisemitic post has opened a Pandora's box of celebrities influencing American sports and culture • From Karim Abdul-Jabbar through Charles Berkeley to rapper IceCube

• Jackson. Open a Pandora's box

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• Karim Abdul Jabbar. Goes against the obscene phenomenon

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It was only a matter of time before the struggle of African-Americans in the United States, spiced with daily anti-Semitism, reached the world of sports as well.

The affair that is stirring America these days began about two weeks ago, when football star Dashon Jackson, through an antisemitic post on the Internet, quoted things that the Nazi tyrant Adolf Hitler had said in the past.

Jackson, a Philadelphia Eagles player, posted on his Instagram account things written by well-known anti-Semitic Islamic State leader Luis Farhan, including a paragraph that read: "Hitler said 'Jews will blackmail America'. They will blackmail America, their plan to rule the world is not Work if the Negroes know where they are. " Support for Jackson was small, but she appeared in two major centers - American sports and Hollywood.

Former NBA player Stephen Jackson was quick to support his friend in the struggle of blacks in the United States, and as part of that struggle he presented his words in an attempt to correct the distorted: "He speaks the truth. Right? He tells the truth. It is clear to all of you that he hates no one. "He's just telling the truth. These are facts, but you refuse to acknowledge them. When we talk about the black race, we must remember that they are killing us. Dashon Jackson came and said the derogatory word and now he is assigned. I play in Big 3 (American Basketball League 3x3). And we have a Jewish owner. "He understands where we (the blacks) stand and understands some of the things we say, but what was said by Dashon was not directed at people like him. That's the attitude we get, that's all."

Ace Cube (right) and his son. Hit the antisemitic discourse // Photo: EP

Despite quick apologies from the two, the one who joined in their support and warmed up the atmosphere was the aging rapper Ice Cube, who also supported the antisemitic Farhan and the actors. At this point, Karim Abdul-Jabbar, the basketball legend who converted to Islam during his career, decided to intervene and express his opinion. Abdul-Jabbar is a regular columnist for an American weekly, and he wanted to devote one of his columns to the subject. "Why is the answer to hatred being hatred of another minority, is this the best way to deal with the situation?", Asked the No. 1 slinger in NBA history, "so disappointing to see people from different groups who have been violently trampled do the same to others. Why is it difficult for many people "Understand that no one will be free until everyone is free? If we are angry at injustice, let's be angry at injustice against everyone."

Alan Iverson, another past star, also jumped in and announced that Farhan did not mean anything antisemitic at all in what he wrote. He then said he personally certainly did not support anti-Semitism, but did not really apologize for his remarks.

What about the voice of the commissioners?

Ice-Cube and the antisemitic gang continued to attack the journalists, who posted Abdul-Jabbar's column on Twitter (most of them Jews), which led this weekend to a very sharp reaction from another past legend, Charles Berkeley: "What the hell are you doing? "We want justice, but I do not understand how harming another minority will help promote it," Berkeley said, referring to the direct attack on his friend.

"The only person who came out against this phenomenon was Karim Abdul-Jabbar," the former star added. "We can not let black people behave in this way and be judgmental while we seek equality of opportunity. I am disappointed with these statements. How can hatred be defeated through hatred? I just do not understand it.

"I have no intention of accepting it and I ask all those celebrities to use wisely the media exposure they receive. We just have to be better."

It is clear to all parties that this is not the end of the verse. In the United States, there are currently four Jewish commissioners in the five professional leagues in the top five industries in the country (football, baseball, basketball, hockey and football). The prevailing feeling is that their reaction so far has been weak and not assertive enough.