Kehlani Calls Out Cornell After Being Dropped Over Professional-Palestine Stance
Kehlani addressed accusations of antisemitism after Cornell College canceled her Slope Day efficiency citing issues over her pro-Palestine activism.
Kehlani defended her pro-Palestine activism and rejected accusations of antisemitism after Cornell College scrapped her headlining efficiency at its Slope Day occasion scheduled for Might 7.
The R&B artist, who makes use of she/they pronouns, responded in a TikTok video, standing beside her Jewish-Palestinian finest good friend and Jewish studio engineer, firmly stating, “I’m being requested and referred to as to make clear and make a press release but once more for the millionth time that I’m not antisemitic nor anti-Jew.”
She continued, “I’m anti-genocide, I’m anti the actions of the Israeli authorities, I’m anti an extermination of a whole individuals, I’m anti the bombing of harmless youngsters, males, ladies – that’s what I’m anti.”
Cornell President Michael I. Kotlikoff emailed college students and school to tell them that the college had canceled Kehlani’s look after receiving “grave issues” from the neighborhood.
He cited her alleged “espoused antisemitic, anti-Israel sentiments” on social media and in her music movies.
Kehlani, who has been outspoken in assist of Palestine because the Israel-Hamas battle escalated in October 2023, mentioned the accusations had been an try to silence her.
She famous her collaboration with Jewish Voice for Peace, a progressive Jewish group advocating for Palestinian rights.
Within the caption of her TikTok put up, Kehlani wrote, “ITS BEEN OVER A YEAR. from day one it’s been clear. I do know you’ve seen Cornell College cancel my present, and now there are makes an attempt at different cancellations on high of the cancellations I’ve already skilled over the previous 12 months… Don’t make it anti-Jew. It is a performed out recreation. All this as a result of we wish individuals to cease dying (sic).”
Kehlani additionally visibly supported Palestine by performing in entrance of the Palestinian flag within the music video for her 2024 music “Subsequent 2 U.”
Cornell’s Slope Day occasion continues to be scheduled to happen on Might 7, regardless of Kehlani’s absence from the lineup.
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