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| Trevor Noah backlash over jokes about Jews and women | |
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| Trevor Noah – the surprise choice to succeed Jon Stewart as high-profile host of satirical news program The Daily Show – has come under fire for a series of controversial tweets he posted before his appointment. | Trevor Noah – the surprise choice to succeed Jon Stewart as high-profile host of satirical news program The Daily Show – has come under fire for a series of controversial tweets he posted before his appointment. |
| The South African comedian – son of a Swiss-German father and half-Jewish South African mother – was criticised for having made tasteless jokes about Jews and women, raising questions among Daily Show fans about whether the comedian is right for the role. | The South African comedian – son of a Swiss-German father and half-Jewish South African mother – was criticised for having made tasteless jokes about Jews and women, raising questions among Daily Show fans about whether the comedian is right for the role. |
| Noah played into antisemitic tropes by tweeting that “behind every successful Rap Billionaire is a double as rich Jewish man”, and also made light of the Holocaust by posting: | Noah played into antisemitic tropes by tweeting that “behind every successful Rap Billionaire is a double as rich Jewish man”, and also made light of the Holocaust by posting: |
| Almost bumped a Jewish kid crossing the road. He didn't look b4 crossing but I still would hav felt so bad in my german car! | Almost bumped a Jewish kid crossing the road. He didn't look b4 crossing but I still would hav felt so bad in my german car! |
| In 2012 he tweeted about the soccer player Lionel Messi: | In 2012 he tweeted about the soccer player Lionel Messi: |
| Messi gets the ball and the real players try foul him, but Messi doesn't go down easy, just like jewish chicks. #ElClasico | Messi gets the ball and the real players try foul him, but Messi doesn't go down easy, just like jewish chicks. #ElClasico |
| And he also joked about domestic violence in the same year, posting: | And he also joked about domestic violence in the same year, posting: |
| Originally when men proposed they went down on one knee so if the woman said no they were in the perfect uppercut position. | Originally when men proposed they went down on one knee so if the woman said no they were in the perfect uppercut position. |
| Noah responded on Tuesday, tweeting: “Twitter does not have enough characters to respond to all the characters on Twitter.” He later deleted the tweet. | |
| The offending tweets, first highlighted by BuzzFeed’s Tom Gara, are mostly from 2011 and 2012. Gara said on Twitter: “I retweet not in anger. But it’s an impressive rise for a dude who three years ago was replying to Uberfacts tweets with dick jokes.” | The offending tweets, first highlighted by BuzzFeed’s Tom Gara, are mostly from 2011 and 2012. Gara said on Twitter: “I retweet not in anger. But it’s an impressive rise for a dude who three years ago was replying to Uberfacts tweets with dick jokes.” |
| Gara also dug up a stream of crude jokes about women. | Gara also dug up a stream of crude jokes about women. |
| A hot white woman with ass is like a unicorn. Even if you do see one, you'll probably never get to ride it. | A hot white woman with ass is like a unicorn. Even if you do see one, you'll probably never get to ride it. |
| So I must make my woman fear my penis? RT @UberFacts: The more you fear something, the bigger it appears. | So I must make my woman fear my penis? RT @UberFacts: The more you fear something, the bigger it appears. |
| The response to the revelations have been mixed, with some Daily Show viewers upset over at Comedy Central’s choice of replacement. | The response to the revelations have been mixed, with some Daily Show viewers upset over at Comedy Central’s choice of replacement. |
| Others defended the comedian. | Others defended the comedian. |
| Seriously? Already hate for @Trevornoah even though all his tweets were in the context of comedy? | |
| Comedy Central did not respond for comment. | Comedy Central did not respond for comment. |