Nick Cannon said racist and anti-Semitic things.
Jazz guard Justin Wright-Foreman retweeted “Nick cannon said nothing wrong. Everyone just sensitive and hates the truth":
Nick cannon said nothing wrong. Everyone just sensitive and hates the truth.
— Zoya 🫦 (@zdg__) July 15, 2020
Wright-Foreman, Eric Walden of The Salt Lake Tribune:
Former Heat star Dwyane Wade tweeted support for Cannon. Then, Wade clarified he meant for only Cannon’s branding-rights dispute – not Cannon’s words.
Wright-Foreman’s retweet specifically referred to what Cannon said, leaving no such out for the rookie out of Hofstra.
I’m unsure what Wright-Foreman meant by “accident.” Did he just mistakenly hit retweet? That can happen, and if that were the case, a quick explanation would be sufficient.
But that doesn’t match Wright-Foreman explaining he wasn’t educated on the topic. If that’s the root of the problem, this episode reflects poorly on Wright-Foreman’s credibility. He says he implicitly endorsed what Cannon said without even knowing what Cannon said. That’s not great.
But it’s at least better than actually supporting the racism and anti-Semitism that Cannon espoused.