Seattle, WA – Rapper Macklemore says his costume worn during a May 16 show in Seattle was not meant to stereotype Jews.
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Us Magazine (http://usm.ag/1hYuNDP) reported the rapper wore a wig, beard and large prosthetic nose during his opening of the “Spectacle: The Music Video” exhibit at EMP museum. After the show many commented on the disguise, questioning the appearance.
The Daily Dot described it as “some kind of Jewish caricature, prosthetic schnozz included.”
Actor Seth Rogen – who is Jewish – didn’t shy away from commenting on the questionable getup, tweeting, “@macklemore, first you trick people into thinking you’re a rapper, now you trick them into thinking you’re Jewish?”
Macklemore responded on Sunday, saying, “A fake witches nose, wig, and beard = random costume. Not my idea of a stereotype of anybody.”
There will be zero fallout, and zero backlash.
Mackelmore can do no wrong. he supports same gender marriage so it’s impossible for him to be a bigot.
Witches, Pinocchio, Armenians and Helen Thomas don’t have beards.
I could be wrong, but isn’t this guy the shoe salesman from the Gone with the Wind commercial? I mean, after all, who is going to think he is a jew anyways. He is probably the new American Dieudonne huh? A scary prospect.
This man is despicable. Your in the public eye!! There are no excuses. Anyone can throw the I didn’t know card. He knows the suffering of the gays yet never heard of the Jews being stereotyped. What garbage.
Who is he, I never heard of him.
Wow der strumer editorial staff are having a fit, this is the picture they would love to use all they got back in the day was bad cartiructure. Now this, now this is hip, new age and as mentioned above reproach for how could tolerance breed Intolerance, unless…
I’ve heard a story that in pre-world war Germany a Rav was siting in a park and noticed a person play and treat his dog as one would a human child, the Rav said to himself “A nation that has its morality a priorities so twisted will one commit the most terrible atrocities, such as we can’t imagine…”
don’t know any Jews that look like that