Kanye West and the Persistence of Stigma

Just before Valentine’s Day, Kanye West began his latest bout of public insanity by reactivating his dormant X account and declaring that Sean Combs is innocent, Adolf Hitler was “so fresh,” and Kanye himself would never be “apologizing for my Jewish comments.” After a brief suspension, he resumed posting, spending the waning days of February soliciting jewelers for “swastika chain designs” and reporting himself “prepared for another day of high-quality antisemitism.”