Hollywood fashion stylist Andrew Gelwicks on how Kanye West's dangerous embrace of antisemitism normalizes the hatred that unleashed the Holocaust.
Throughout the past few years, as obvious signs of his troubled behavior have escalated, I’ve done my best to defend Ye. I struggled in my youth with deep mental health challenges, so I have learned to look at and contextualize others’ behavior from a more compassionate stance.Recently, I woke up to Ye openly praising Hitler and Nazis, and going as far as posting a swastika to his Twitter account, and infusing a Jewish star and a swastika as his 2024 presidential campaign logo.
My thoughts now take me back to me as a little guy, sitting on the kitchen floor with our family’s golden retriever. Shaking with agony, I’d keep my fist submerged in the icy misery, terrified of a knock at the front door from the SS. I believed this was not only possible, but likely to happen. Over the sweeping passage of nearly three decades, I’ve realized the nuances of antisemitism, hate speech, and the extent they permeate our society and culture. While I no longer have my childhood fear of Nazis storming the streets of Manhattan where I now live , I remain easily triggered by antisemitic rhetoric. Fear of its dire consequences never ebbs from my mind.
As a gay, Jewish man working in the worlds of fashion and entertainment, I have the luxury of being surrounded by many people who identify similarly. It’s one of my favorite things about the work I do. And it is in this work that my peers and I do that we use our identity to our creative impulses. My Jewish identity — and my gay identity — are part of the lens through which I live and work. And that is under attack — globally.
I’m filled with schadenfreude to learn of Ye’s high-end business partners cutting ties with him: Adidas, CAA,
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