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Last week, Schumer shared a since-deleted comic on Instagram, which intended to satirise comments made by American Pro-Palestine supporters. “Gazans rape Jewish girls only in self defense,” read one of the signs in the comic. “Proud of our rapist martyrs,” said another.
Conflating Palestinian civilians with Hamas led to considerable pushback on social media.
“It’s so crazy to me how Bella & Gigi had to tiptoe around their statements and then Amy Schumer is like ‘Gazans are rapists’ and will still have a career,” actor Asia Jackson wrote on X, formerly Twitter.
The Los Angeles-based actor, who has 38,000 followers, didn’t tag Schumer’s account directly. Still, Schumer messaged Jackson on Instagram: “Did something I post about my people being massacred upset you?”