- Jennifer Aniston has faced backlash on social media for her reaction to Jamie Foxx’s controversial Instagram post, which was interpreted as anti-Jewish. Foxx was accused of antisemitism after his post was interpreted as being about the Jewish community. Aniston initially appeared to like Foxx’s post but later denounced it, leading to a debate on social media about the importance of cultural context and white privilege.
- Foxx’s controversial post caught the attention of the Jewish news company A Wider Frame, which shared a screenshot of the post and accused Foxx of sharing a “horrifically antisemitic” message.
- The myth that Jews collectively murdered Jesus, also known as “deicide,” has been used to justify violence against Jews for centuries, according to the Anti-Defamation League. Foxx subsequently deleted his post and issued an apology.
- Aniston appeared to have liked Foxx’s post, which led to some criticism of her and Foxx. She then posted an Instagram Story in which she denounced antisemitism, saying that she did not ‘like’ the post on purpose or by accident.
- She also wanted to be clear to her friends and anyone hurt by this showing up in their feeds — she do not support any form of antisemitism and does not tolerate hate of any kind.
- Aniston has since faced backlash, leading to a debate about privilege. Some have accused her of misinterpreting Foxx’s post and throwing her “Horrible Bosses” costar “under the bus.” Some argue that the in-group speak is broadcast to people who have zero Black cultural competency and have never been around Black people in a familial setting.
- Others argue that the “AAVE” (African-American Vernacular English) being dissected by people outside of the community and then Black people having to apologize for it is another example of folks superimposing their culture into ours.
- Representatives for Aniston and Foxx did not immediately respond to Insider’s requests for comment.
- Jennifer Aniston has faced backlash on social media for her reaction to Jamie Foxx’s controversial Instagram post, which was interpreted as anti-Jewish. Foxx was accused of antisemitism after his post was interpreted as being about the Jewish community. Aniston initially appeared to like Foxx’s post but later denounced it, leading to a debate on social media about the importance of cultural context and white privilege.
- Foxx’s controversial post caught the attention of the Jewish news company A Wider Frame, which shared a screenshot of the post and accused Foxx of sharing a “horrifically antisemitic” message.
- The myth that Jews collectively murdered Jesus, also known as “deicide,” has been used to justify violence against Jews for centuries, according to the Anti-Defamation League. Foxx subsequently deleted his post and issued an apology.
- Aniston appeared to have liked Foxx’s post, which led to some criticism of her and Foxx. She then posted an Instagram Story in which she denounced antisemitism, saying that she did not ‘like’ the post on purpose or by accident.
- She also wanted to be clear to her friends and anyone hurt by this showing up in their feeds — she do not support any form of antisemitism and does not tolerate hate of any kind.
- Aniston has since faced backlash, leading to a debate about privilege. Some have accused her of misinterpreting Foxx’s post and throwing her “Horrible Bosses” costar “under the bus.” Some argue that the in-group speak is broadcast to people who have zero Black cultural competency and have never been around Black people in a familial setting.
- Others argue that the “AAVE” (African-American Vernacular English) being dissected by people outside of the community and then Black people having to apologize for it is another example of folks superimposing their culture into ours.
- Representatives for Aniston and Foxx did not immediately respond to Insider’s requests for comment.
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