Sales for antisemitic content promoted by NBA star Kyrie Irving skyrocketed this week, as he issued an apology late Thursday after the Brooklyn Nets suspended their star point guard.
Irving was suspended by the Nets over a post he made.
The best-selling book in Amazon's religion and spirituality and social sciences categories is the book by the same name as the film.
The work Hebrews to Negroes: Wake Up Black America is described by the Anti-Defamation League as an example of antisemitic tropes about Jewish power, control and greed, and has sold more than one million copies.
In the week ending last Friday, 189 units of the book were sold, an 800% increase from the week before, making it one of the best-selling weeks of the year.
Forbes did not get a response from Amazon, Apple orAudible.
The Nets suspended Irving for five games or more without pay, just a week after he posted a link to an Amazon.com documentary. Irving deleted the post after West supported him on the photo sharing site. Nets owner Joe Tsai denounced Irving for sharing content that was antisemitic. During a Saturday press conference, Irving refused to apologize or say he was not antisemitic. Nike made a statement condemning antisemitism this week, but Irving has not lost any corporate partners.
There is no talk about Jeff Bezos and Amazon.
In the last year for which FBI data is available, Jews accounted for 45% of all religious hate crimes. The FBI warned Thursday of a credible threat of violence against New Jersey synagogues and identified a suspect, a New Jersey man who harbored an "extreme amount of hate against the Jewish community."
More than $2,000,000. If Irving's suspension lasts the minimum of five games, he won't get paid for each contest he misses.
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