(Jewish Group) After Anti-Semitic Slur, NBA Player Leonard Suspended By Team, Dropped By Sponsors

[Behind the Aegis]

In the wake of dropping a clear anti-Semitic taunt during a game of Call of Duty, NBA player Meyers Leonard has been suspended by his team the Miami Heat, and dropped by a number of his sponsors.

Leonard—who last year was also the only player to remain on his feet before a game while his teammates knelt to support the Black Lives Matter movement—later apologized for using the term, claiming to somehow have not known what the word meant:

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Leonard will also “be away from the team indefinitely” while the Heat—owned by Israeli-American businessman Micky Arison—and the NBA conduct an “investigation”.

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Yeah...he didn't know what the word "kike" meant. Here's a little help: Don't know what a word means; don't use it!

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1. He's full of it. How is that word even in his head if he doesn't know...

what it means? It's not a commonly is use and on the tip of peoples' tongues.

Suspend his ass and fine him.

[Mosby]

2. Julian Edelman wrote an open letter to him on twitter

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I'm curious where he learned the word, it's not a particularly common slur these days afaik.

It's quite the stretch that he used a word as an insult, with no idea what it means or refers to. Not buying it.