Stricken for anti-Semitic remarks last June, the artist and presenter chose to analyze and understand his fault. In a mini-televised report, he explains that he approached Jewish authorities to understand the horror of his words.
In June, American rapper Nick Cannon hit the headlines with anti-Semitic comments on his podcast. Fired by his employer ViacomCBS – for which he hosted the show Wild ‘N Out sure MTV – he had initially refused to apologize, before making amends. Wishing to go beyond mere public repentance, he then approached several Jewish leaders, including the American Jewish Committee (AJC), in an effort to learn, as he later explained in the report. ofABC Soul of a Nation.
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The man is campaigning today for the “counsel culture” (the “consulting culture“) Rather than”cancel culture“(That of the”suppression»), This phenomenon which tends to boycott and erase from the public space celebrities who have spoken anti-Semitic, homophobic, racist or sexist. “I hurt people. I will look into the matter. I want to understand why I hurt you. What did I say ? Educate me …“, He declared in the program broadcast on Tuesday across the Atlantic, in remarks taken up by the Los Angeles Times .
The affair had started during an episode of his podcast Cannon’s Class. Alongside rapper Professor Griff, fired from the Public Enemy group in 1989 for similar comments, he notably assured that blacks were “the true hebrewsAnd that they could not therefore be anti-Semites. Then proposing an anthology of clichés, he had evoked the conspiracy theories and criticized the Jews, in particular having attacked the very controversial Louis Farrakhan, the leader of the political organization Nation of Islam.
Since the man seems said to have made his way. “In Hebrew, they call teshuva the process of not only repenting, but also making a different decision if you find yourself in a similar situation.e ”, he still declared in Soul of a Nation.
After his public and private repentance, the rapper and host was finally able to return to MTV. “Nick not only apologized and took responsibility for his comments, but he also made an effort to educate himself and others by engaging with Jewish leaders and on his social media.“, Declared the chain, visibly convinced of the good faith of its star, in the press release announcing its return to the air.
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