Holocaust Museum LA invited Kanye West to a private tour. Now it's target of antisemitic attacks

[Behind the Aegis]

Holocaust Museum LA said it's been the target of antisemitic attacks after Kanye West rejected the museum's invitation for a private tour.


The museum extended the invitation to West, who now goes by Ye, via an Instagram stories post on Oct. 11, following the rapper's recent inflammatory remarks about the Jewish community.

"Words matter and have consequences Ye," read the post, which BET.com grabbed a screenshot of. "We urge you to come visit us at Holocaust Museum LA to understand just how words can incite horrific violence and genocides. The Holocaust started with only words that sadly begat stereotypes, racial and religious tropes and blaming others and led the murder of six million Jews."

West publicly rejected the offer on Oct. 15 during an episode of the rap podcast "Drink Champs," and said Planned Parenthoods were "our [Black people's] Holocaust museum."

Since Holocaust Museum LA's public invitation on social media, the institution said in a series of tweets on Oct. 13 that it's "received a tremendous amount of social media messages and comments... some filled with hate, threats and vitriol."

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[onecaliberal]

1. The museum of tolerance is an amazing place. There are survivors there educating people.

There is a Holocaust exhibit that is powerful, contains artifacts of survivors. Details the rise of Hitler, they probably saw themselves.

They’ve always had pretty tight security there. This is very sad.

[Just A Box Of Rain]

3. These are two different museums.

[AllaN01Bear]

2. im so getting fed up with this nosense .

[The_Casual_Observer]

4. He's going to end up like Dennis Rodman.

Broke and utterly pathetic.