The Philadelphia Eagles seriously need to step away from social media until the year 2021.
In a since-deleted Instagram comment, Eagles defensive tackle Malik Jackson not only defended DeSean Jackson and what he had to say earlier this week, he also called Louis Farrakhan “honorable.” Malik Jackson wrote that “the honorable Farrakhan is nothing like that vile scum Hitler.”
On Monday, Jackson shared a screenshot of a quote attributed to Adolf Hitler. The statement read that “the Negroes are the real Children of Israel and to keep Americas secret the Jews will blackmail America.”
Farrakhan is described by the Southern Poverty Law Center as “an antisemite who routinely accuses Jews of manipulating the U.S. government and controlling the levers of world power.”
During a 1996 speech in Chicago, he said a “small handful” of Jewish people “control the movement of this great nation, like a radar controls the movement of a great ship in the waters” and “got a stranglehold on the Congress.”
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Farrakhan also referred to Jewish people as “termites” in a tweet back in 2018.
Jackson issued an apology earlier this week:
“I post a lot of things that are sent to me. I do not have hatred towards anyone. I really didn’t realize what this passage was saying. Hitler has caused terrible pain to Jewish people like the pain African-Americans have suffered. We should be together fighting anti-Semitism and racism. This was a mistake to post this and I truly apologize for posting it and sorry for any hurt I have caused.”
The Philadelphia Eagles addressed Jackson’s posts as well, calling them “offensive, harmful and absolutely appalling.”
“We are continuing to evaluate the circumstances and will take appropriate action,” the team said.
