A former Eagles president says DeSean Jackson’s roster spot should be in jeopardy after the wide receiver took to his Instagram story and posted social media messages with quotes attributed to anti-Semites Louis Farrakhan and Adolf Hitler.
The posts featured anti-Semitic rhetoric that accused Jews of trying to “blackmail America.”
Former Eagles president Joe Banner, who is Jewish, took ot Twitter and stated that if a White player said anything remotely as crazy as Jackson did, they would be facing serious consequences.
“If a white player said anything about (African Americans) as outrageous as what DeSean Jackson said about Jews tonight there would at least be a serious conversation about cutting him and a need for a team meeting to discuss,” Banner said in a tweet. “Which would be totally appropriate. Absolutely indefensible.”
Jackson shared the Hitler-attributed quote again on Monday with an updated message claiming that he “has no hatred in my heart.” The wide receiver also claimed he was misunderstood:
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“Anyone who feels I have hate towards the Jewish community took my post the wrong way,” Jackson said in the follow-up Instagram post.
