Kyrie Irving and the Nets Will Donate $1M to Fight Hate After Antisemitic Film Promo

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Kyrie Irving put out a joint statement with the Brooklyn Nets and the Anti-Defamation League announcing he and his basketball team would each be donating $500,000 towards groups working “to eradicate hate and intolerance in our communities.”

put out a joint statement with the Brooklyn Nets and the Anti-Defamation League on Wednesday evening, announcing he and his basketball team would each be donating $500,000 towards groups working “to eradicate hate and

intolerance in our communities.” The fund will be used “to develop educational programming” aimed at combating “all forms of antisemitism and bigotry,” according to the statement. The sizeable donation comes after Irving promoted—and then

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Make him tour Auschwitz

Weak sauce.

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