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<\/a>San Antonio Mayor, 20 Local Jewish Groups Call for Cancellation of Kanye West July 4 Concert in Texas City<\/a><\/strong><\/span><\/span><\/h3>\nShiryn Ghermezian<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n The mayor of San Antonio, Texas, along with a coalition of 20 local Jewish organizations have called for the cancellation of a July 4 concert by Ye (formerly known as Kanye West) in the city, after several of his shows worldwide were cancelled due to his past antisemitic actions.<\/span><\/p>\n \u201cMilitary City USA should not host someone with a record of hate speech and antisemitic comments in a city-funded facility like our Alamodome \u2014 not ever, and certainly not on July 4th, our Nation\u2019s 250th birthday,\u201d Mayor Gina Ortiz Jones wrote<\/a> in a social media post on Saturday. \u201cStanding up to antisemitism is exactly what it takes to achieve a more perfect Union.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n Tickets for the concert at the city-owned Alamodome went on sale Thursday and remain available for purchase on Ticketmaster and Ye\u2019s website. The concert is part of Ye\u2019s international tour promoting his new album, \u201cBully.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n A coalition of Jewish organizations \u2014 including the Jewish Federation of San Antonio, the Jewish Community Relations Council, and the Holocaust Memorial Museum of San Antonio \u2013 issued a joint statement<\/a> on Monday urging the city of San Antonio and Alamodome management to \u201cdecline the use of the publicly owned venue\u201d for Ye\u2019s July 4 concert and to review the policies and procedures that led to booking the performance.<\/span><\/p>\n \u201cThis request is not a call for censorship,\u201d the coalition explained in part. \u201cWe hold free speech among our most fundamental values, not despite our history, but because of it. Ye has the same constitutional rights as every other American. He is free to speak, and private venues are free to host him. The question before the city is not whether Ye may perform somewhere. It is whether public resources and a publicly owned facility should be used to host and elevate someone whose public conduct has been marked by repeated hate speech.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n \u201cAccountability and growth are possible for anyone, but they must be demonstrated through conduct, not merely proclaimed,\u201d they added. \u201cSan Antonio\u2019s values of dignity, inclusion, and respect are best reflected when public institutions refuse to lend public resources to those who repeatedly promote antisemitism and hate.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n Ye will perform twice in Tampa, Florida, later this month before his San Antonio concert. The Grammy winner\u2019s scheduled shows in Tampa have also faced calls for cancellation.<\/span><\/p>\n Ye postponed his scheduled performance this summer in Marseille, France, \u201cuntil further notice\u201d after local officials, including the city\u2019s mayor, said they refused to let him perform. Earlier this month, Ye\u2019s July 25 concert in Prague was cancelled when the venue set to host him pulled out. His scheduled performance this month in Poland was canceled in May by the venue due to \u201cformal and legal reasons.\u201d Poland\u2019s Culture and Heritage Minister Marta Cienkowska supported the decision, saying<\/a>: \u201cIn a country scarred by the history of the Holocaust, we cannot pretend this is just entertainment. Artistic freedom does not mean giving a free pass to everything. Culture cannot be a space for those who exploit it to spread bigotry.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n In April, the United Kingdom banned Ye from entering the country to headline the Wireless Festival in London that was planned for July and as a result, the festival was canceled. Ye was also denied a visa to enter Australia last year.<\/span><\/p>\n In a Wall Street Journal <\/em>ad published in January, Ye apologized for his antisemitic rampage last year, during which he sold shirts with swastikas, released a song titled \u201cHeil Hitler,\u201d and published several antisemitic posts on social media, including one in which he declared, \u201cI\u2019m a Nazi.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n Zawarto\u015b\u0107 publikowanych artyku\u0142\u00f3w i materia\u0142\u00f3w nie reprezentuje pogl\u0105d\u00f3w ani opinii Reunion’68,<\/em> San Antonio Mayor, 20 Local Jewish Groups Call for Cancellation of Kanye West July 4 Concert in Texas City Shiryn Ghermezian Rapper Kanye West holds his first rally in support of his presidential bid in North Charleston, South Carolina, US, July 19, 2020. 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Rapper Kanye West holds his first rally in support of his presidential bid in North Charleston, South Carolina, US, July 19, 2020. Photo: REUTERS\/Randall Hill<\/em><\/span><\/p>\n
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