Rapper Slowthai performed at Osheaga in a shirt depicting the word 'destroy' overtop of a swastika.
Slowthai performed at Osheaga in a shirt depicting the word "destroy" overtop of a swastikaSlowthai performs at the Reading Music Festival, England, Saturday, Aug. 28, 2021.The festival says the fashion choice by Slowthai on Saturday "caused confusion" with some festivalgoers who may have misunderstood the T-shirt's message.
A number of Jewish groups responded to the circulating images, including U.S.-based Stop Antisemitism, who labelled it "atrocious" and asked why Osheaga staff didn't ensure Frampton was "immediately yanked offstage." In the design, a pink swastika appears in a red circle with an overturned image of Jesus on the cross laid overtop. An upside down postage stamp of Queen Elizabeth is tucked in the corner.
"I want you to know I stand firmly against antisemitism and racism of any kind, something the T-shirt was meant to illustrate with the word 'destroy' above the symbol," he added.The Centre for Israel and Jewish Affairs urged Frampton to consider that intention to call out fascism is lost if "it is perceived entirely differently by those who see it."
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