Kyrie Irving was suspended for promoting an antisemitic film. Here are the origins of the Black Hebrew Israelite movement and its extremist sects.
Kyrie Irving was suspended for a tweet linking to an antisemitic film.
The Black Hebrew Israelite movement believes that certain people of color are the true chosen people of God.
Extremist sects of the group have become more militant, per the Southern Poverty Law Center.
The Brooklyn Nets announced on Thursday that they will be suspending Kyrie Irving for promoting an antisemitic film on Twitter.
In a now-deleted tweet, Irving shared the link to "Hebrew to Negroes: Wake Up Black America," a 2018 film that claims to prove that certain people of color, including Black Americans, are the true descendants of the biblical Israelites.
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