Anti-Defamation League CEO Calls Out Erykah Badu for "Irresponsible and Misguided Comments" About Hitler

Anti-Defamation League CEO, Johnathan Greenblatt, fires back at Erykah Badu for her controversial Hitler remarks.

Erykah Badu performs at the FYF Fest 2017
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Erykah Badu performs at the FYF Fest 2017

Nothing good can come out of pairing the word "good" with Adolf Hitler, but Erykah Badu sure gave it her best shot after discussing the idea of separating the person from their art in the case of Bill Cosby. "I love Bill Cosby, and I love what he’s done for the world," she explains in a conversation with Vulture. "But if he’s sick, why would I be angry with him? The people who got hurt, I feel so bad for them. I want them to feel better, too. But sick people do evil things; hurt people hurt people." 

Badu took it a step further by claiming that she tries to see the good in people, even Hitler. "I’m not an anti-Semitic person," she said, referencing her defense of Nation of Islam leader Louis Farrakhan, who's been criticized for his perceived anti-Semitism. "I don’t even know what anti-Semitic was before I was called it. I’m a humanist. I see good in everybody. I saw something good in Hitler."

Erykah Badu, I read your interview in @Vulture, and I have a few thoughts. First, you are ignoring the plain facts about Farrakhan: It is well-known that he is a virulent anti-Semite & racist. Don't believe me? Click here: https://t.co/eCSotMeiiT pic.twitter.com/Fm4jepTTcp

— Jonathan Greenblatt (@JGreenblattADL) January 24, 2018

The media is banking on our ignorance. Know we won't read the whole thing. They'll use controversial quotes w/trigger words as Click Bait. We❤️controversy. So Blogs choose easiest thing to "spin". Get you mad. Help you get a little rage out. They get more adds.The message lost.

— ErykahBadoula (@fatbellybella) January 24, 2018

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