{"id":506377,"date":"2022-11-04T04:18:01","date_gmt":"2022-11-04T01:18:01","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/en.buradabiliyorum.com\/anti-defamation-league-refuses-kyrie-irvings-500000-donation\/"},"modified":"2022-11-04T04:18:01","modified_gmt":"2022-11-04T01:18:01","slug":"anti-defamation-league-refuses-kyrie-irvings-500000-donation","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/anti-defamation-league-refuses-kyrie-irvings-500000-donation\/","title":{"rendered":"#Anti-Defamation League refuses Kyrie Irving&#8217;s $500,000 donation"},"content":{"rendered":"<div id=\"ez-toc-container\" class=\"ez-toc-v2_0_85 counter-hierarchy ez-toc-counter ez-toc-custom ez-toc-container-direction\">\n<p class=\"ez-toc-title\" style=\"cursor:inherit\">Table of Contents<\/p>\n<label for=\"ez-toc-cssicon-toggle-item-6a406ffe1a2b9\" class=\"ez-toc-cssicon-toggle-label\"><span class=\"\"><span class=\"eztoc-hide\" style=\"display:none;\">Toggle<\/span><span class=\"ez-toc-icon-toggle-span\"><svg style=\"fill: #dd3333;color:#dd3333\" xmlns=\"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/2000\/svg\" class=\"list-377408\" width=\"20px\" height=\"20px\" viewBox=\"0 0 24 24\" fill=\"none\"><path d=\"M6 6H4v2h2V6zm14 0H8v2h12V6zM4 11h2v2H4v-2zm16 0H8v2h12v-2zM4 16h2v2H4v-2zm16 0H8v2h12v-2z\" fill=\"currentColor\"><\/path><\/svg><svg style=\"fill: #dd3333;color:#dd3333\" class=\"arrow-unsorted-368013\" xmlns=\"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/2000\/svg\" width=\"10px\" height=\"10px\" viewBox=\"0 0 24 24\" version=\"1.2\" baseProfile=\"tiny\"><path d=\"M18.2 9.3l-6.2-6.3-6.2 6.3c-.2.2-.3.4-.3.7s.1.5.3.7c.2.2.4.3.7.3h11c.3 0 .5-.1.7-.3.2-.2.3-.5.3-.7s-.1-.5-.3-.7zM5.8 14.7l6.2 6.3 6.2-6.3c.2-.2.3-.5.3-.7s-.1-.5-.3-.7c-.2-.2-.4-.3-.7-.3h-11c-.3 0-.5.1-.7.3-.2.2-.3.5-.3.7s.1.5.3.7z\"\/><\/svg><\/span><\/span><\/label><input type=\"checkbox\"  id=\"ez-toc-cssicon-toggle-item-6a406ffe1a2b9\" checked aria-label=\"Toggle\" \/><nav><ul class='ez-toc-list ez-toc-list-level-1 ' ><li class='ez-toc-page-1 ez-toc-heading-level-1'><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-1\" href=\"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/anti-defamation-league-refuses-kyrie-irvings-500000-donation\/#%E2%80%9CAnti-Defamation_League_refuses_Kyrie_Irvings_500000_donation%E2%80%9D\" >&#8220;Anti-Defamation League refuses Kyrie Irving&#8217;s $500,000 donation&#8221;<\/a><\/li><\/ul><\/nav><\/div>\n<h1><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"%E2%80%9CAnti-Defamation_League_refuses_Kyrie_Irvings_500000_donation%E2%80%9D\"><\/span>&#8220;Anti-Defamation League refuses Kyrie Irving&#8217;s $500,000 donation&#8221;<span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h1>\n<div>\n<aside class=\"single__inline-module alignleft\">\n        <\/aside>\n<p>The Anti-Defamation league doesn\u2019t want Kyrie Irving\u2019s money.<\/p>\n<p>Following Thursday\u2019s shambolic press conference in which Irving failed to offer an apology for his retweet of an anti-Semitic film or state that he doesn\u2019t hold any anti-Semitic beliefs, leading the Nets to suspend Irving indefinitely, ADL CEO Jonathan Greenblatt became the latest figure to cut ties with Irving.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWe were optimistic, but after watching the debacle of a press conference, it\u2019s clear that Kyrie feels no accountability for his actions,\u201d Greenblatt tweeted. \u201c@ADL cannot in good con<a href=\"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/category\/sciencee\/\" data-internallinksmanager029f6b8e52c=\"5\" title=\"Science\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">science<\/a> accept his donation.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>A day prior, the ADL released a joint statement with the Nets and Irving in which both team and player pledged $500,000 to the organization. In that statement, Irving took responsibility for the retweet, but did not directly apologize.<\/p>\n<p>It turned out that was not a building block, but a precursor to Irving burning any goodwill he had built up by having his camp speak to the ADL.<\/p>\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"682\" src=\"https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/11\/kyrie-irving-adl-donation-refused.jpg?w=1024\" alt=\"Brooklyn Nets guard Kyrie Irving (11) reacts in the first half \" class=\"wp-image-24524128\" srcset=\"https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/11\/kyrie-irving-adl-donation-refused.jpg?quality=75&amp;strip=all&amp;w=1535 1536w, https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/11\/kyrie-irving-adl-donation-refused.jpg?quality=75&amp;strip=all 1024w, https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/11\/kyrie-irving-adl-donation-refused.jpg?quality=75&amp;strip=all&amp;w=512 512w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\"\/><figcaption>The Anti-Defamation League announced Thursday it will refuse the $500,000 donation Kyrie Irving agreed to give a day earlier.<\/figcaption><figcaption><span class=\"credit\">Corey Sipkin for the NY POST Photo<\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>Greenblatt added that he supported the Nets\u2019 suspension of Irving.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cGood for @BrooklynNets,\u201d <a rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/JGreenblattADL\/status\/1588331940268195840\">Greenblatt tweeted<\/a>. \u201c@KyrieIrving has been given ample opportunity to do the right thing, apologize and condemn #antisemitism. He has failed at almost every step along the way. The suspension is well-deserved.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>It is unclear whether the ADL will still be accepting the donation from the Nets, or whether it will go ahead with holding community conversations in conjunction with the organization at the Barclays Center, as mentioned in Wednesday\u2019s joint statement.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-conversation=\"none\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">We were optimistic but after watching the debacle of a press conference, it\u2019s clear that Kyrie feels no accountability for his actions. <a rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/ADL?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">@ADL<\/a> cannot in good conscience accept his donation.<\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Jonathan Greenblatt (@JGreenblattADL) <a rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/JGreenblattADL\/status\/1588331942562263041?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">November 4, 2022<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p>Greenblatt was especially perturbed at Irving sidestepping the direct question of whether he holds any anti-Semitic beliefs, to which he answered twice, \u201cI cannot be anti-Semitic if I know where I come from.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThe answer to the question, \u2018Do you have any antisemitic beliefs\u2019 is always \u2018NO\u2019 without equivocation,\u201d Greenblatt tweeted. \u201cWe took @KyrieIrving at his word when he said he took responsibility, but today he did not make good on that promise. 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