Grime artist says remarks should not ‘have been directed to all Jews’ after comparing them to the Ku Klux Klan
Wiley has refused to distance himself from antisemitic comments he posted on
Social Media, after the grime artist found himself banned from both
Twitter and
Facebook over his recent posts.
On Friday, Wiley wrote a series of antisemitic tweets comparing Jews to the Ku Klux Klan and calling them snakes. Twitter’s initial lack of action on the tweets led to criticism from Jewish organisations, followed by a 48-hour boycott of the site by many leading journalists and politicians. Wiley has since split with his manager, who is Jewish.