Mila Kunis, Debra Messing, and Mayim Bialik are among more than 200 celebrities and entertainment executives who have signed an open letter calling on Amazon and Barnes & Noble to remove the antisemitic documentary and writers, “Hebrews to Negroes: Wake Up Black America” from their respective platforms .
The letter was released by Creative Community for Peace, a non-profit organization for the entertainment industry. Additional signatories to the statement include Sherry Lansing, former CEO of Paramount Pictures. Haim Saban, Chairman and CEO of Saban Capital Group; Orly Marley, President of Tuff Gong Worldwide; Rick Rosen, co-founder of Endeavor; Annoyed front commander David Dryman. Nina Tassler, co-founder of PatMa Productions; Songwriter Diane Warren. comedian Elisa Schlesinger; Ben Silverman, Chairman and Co-CEO of Propagate Content; And actors Tracy Ann Oberman and Emmanuel Chriqui.
The letter reads: “After more than a week of private letters and public calls to take the fake book and movie ‘Hebrews to Negroes’ from your sites, you have so far refused to act.”
“Hebrews to Negroes” was recently promoted by Brooklyn Nets guard Kyrie Irving on Twitter, cementing the title into a bestseller on Amazon. According to a statement from the Creative Community for Peace, “Amazon and Barnes & Noble have both refused to remove the title and continue to profit from their bigotry.” After being temporarily suspended, donating $500,000 to the Anti-Defamation League and scrapping his Nike shoe line, Irving apologized last week to promote the film.
“At a time in America where there are more hate crimes per capita against Jews than any other minority, more religion-based hate crimes against the Jewish people than any other religion, and more hate crimes against the Jewish people in New York than any other minority, where the majority live in American Jews, it is unacceptable to allow this kind of hatred to stoke on your platforms,” the speech continues.
“Respectable platforms and companies like Amazon and Barnes & Noble have a choice,” said Ari Engel, Creative Community Director for Peace. “They can either continue to profit from hatred and anti-Semitism, while turning a blind eye to the concerns of the Jewish community, or they can choose to be an ally, and stand on the right side of history. While freedom of expression is vital, companies do not need to help facilitate the spread of conspiracy theories. serious threat to the Jewish community. We urge them to take the wise and responsible steps necessary to remove this content.”
Amazon continues to sell other controversial texts, including copies of Adolf Hitler’s “Mein Kampf”. However, there is a note in the description that says, “Proceeds donated to charities and Jewish organizations.”
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