The ADL report indicated that “the impact of Ye’s words continues to be felt across the country,” including through vandalism and harassment incidents at K-12 schools, colleges and universities, Jewish institutions, public areas and commercial locations.
A sampling of incidents include an incident in La Crosse, Wisconsin in October. Someone drew “Kanye was right” and “Defcon III” on a sidewalk at the University of Wisconsin campus, as reported on local news.
In Newport Beach, California a few days later, someone wrote the words “Kanye West is right” and “Kill All Jews” alongside three swastikas on the wall of a high school bathroom. Immediately afterwards, in Jacksonville, Florida, people found graffiti reading “Kanye was right about the Jewish [sic]” near a river.
There have also been harassment incidents. After offering Ye a tour, the Los Angeles Museum of the Holocaust received several antisemitic phone calls and emails.
In November in New York, someone texted a Jewish individual with a series of anonymous antisemitic text messages, the first of which was, “Kanye is right. F*** you [name redacted for privacy].” In addition, someone called a Jewish-owned restaurant in Los Angeles, asked for “the Kanye special” and then said, “Death to all the Jews.”
In addition, members of the Goyim Defense League, a group openly professing hatred of Jews, held a demonstration in Los Angeles in October 2022, displaying a banner that read “KANYE IS RIGHT ABOUT THE JEWS” while giving Nazi salutes.