Thursday, March 28, 2024

Russell Simmons: NYC Carriages Horses Same As Slavery/Holocaust

Russell Simmons

*Russell Simmons‘ activism has mainly been in the hip-hop and fair sentencing arenas. Not he’s teaming with animal rights activists to pressure NYC Mayor Bill de Blasio to follow through on his promised ban of horse-drawn carriages.

Simmons is comparing the plight of the city’s carriage horses to slavery and the Holocaust. However, Jewish organization, the Anti-Defamation league is not thrilled

“It’s a Holocaust,” he said as he stood in front of one of the antique-style cars that he has been advocating as replacements for the horse and buggy system, reports the Wall Street Journal.

“There were people for slavery, remember? Slavery was fine,” he continued. “There were people who put people in ovens. There are all kinds of ethnic cleansing, people for it.”

He didn’t stop there. He noted the mayor had been a longtime supporter but felt that his support was being betrayed over this issue.

“The horses matter,” he said. “The promises you made matter. You got in office because we put you there. We put you in and we can take you out.”

Blasio told the Wall Street Journal he was “not worried” about Simmons’ comments and basically said he’s committed to doing something about the situation.

“I’m going to continue to do that work,” he continued.

Meanwhile, as we mentioned above, the Anti-Defamation League (ADL) is striking back at Simmons by voicing their “disappointment” with him for his comments comparing New York’s horse-drawn carriages to slavery and the Holocaust.

“The comparison of animal suffering to that of human suffering in the Holocaust and in slavery is outrageous, offensive and insensitive,” ADL National Director and Holocaust survivor Abraham H. Foxman said in a statement. ” We would have expected better. As someone who has worked with the Jewish community and should be sensitized to these issues, Russell Simmons should know better than to use inappropriate comparisons to the Holocaust or slavery, particularly in New York City, which is home to the largest Jewish community in the U.S., as well as to Holocaust survivors and a large African-American community.”

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