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籃網球員Kyrie Irving今天接受了媒體SNY的獨家採訪，談到了過去幾週發生的事情。

“I really want to focus on the hurt that I caused or the impact that I made wit
hin the Jewish community. Putting some type of threat, or assumed threat, on the
 Jewish community,” Irving told SNY. “I just want to apologize deeply for all
my actions throughout the time that it’s been since the post was first put up.
I’ve had a lot of time to think. But my focus, initially, if I could do it over
, would be to heal and repair a lot of my close relationships with my Jewish rel
atives, brothers and sisters.”

KI：“我真的很想關注我對猶太社區造成的傷害、影響，或對猶太社區造成的某種威脅，我
只想為我在發布那條推特以來所做的一切道歉。”

“我有很多時間來思考。但我最初關心的點是，如果能重新來過，我會治癒、修復我和猶太
親戚、兄弟姐妹的親密關係。”

“I felt like I was protecting my character and I reacted out of just pure defen
se and just hurt that I could be labeled, or I thought that I was being labeled
as antisemitic or anti-Jewish, and I've felt like that was just so disrespectful
 to ask me whether or not I was antisemitic or not,” he explained to SNY.



“Now to the outside world, that may have been seen as a simple ‘yes’ or ‘no.
’ Which rightfully so, it should've been, 'No, I'm not antisemitic. No, I'm not
 anti-Jewish.' I'm a person who believes we should all have equal opportunities
and that we should all shower each other with love, and that should be at the fo
refront.



“But it wasn't in that initial conversation, and I take my accountability and I
 want to apologize for that, because it came off the wrong way completely. What
I was really getting at was, 'How can I be antisemitic, if I know where I come f
rom?' That statement itself was just referring back to my childhood and all the
relatives and friends that I have made and that I will continue to get to know o
n a deeper level. They're Jewish – some of them are Jewish, some of them are no
t Jewish. I felt like that didn't matter, and because I felt like that didn't ma
tter in the moment, it came off the wrong way.”



“It was a lot of hurt that needed to be healed, a lot of conversations that nee
ded to be had. And a lot of reflection,” Irving said.

“有很多的傷痛需要治癒，有很多的對話需要進行，還需要很多反思。”

談到他在推特上發布那部電影的連結。

He reiterated that he watched the film as part of an effort to learn more about
his heritage.

他重申，他觀看這部電影是為了更了解他的傳統文化。

“I wanted to share the link with all those that were also on the same journey a
nd search for their heritage as I am on. The unfortunate aspect in that three-ho
ur documentary is the antisemitic remarks in terms of generalizing Jewish people
. I believe that was unfair. That wasn’t the aspect of the post that I wanted t
he focus to be on,” Irving said.



“I don't stand for any hate speech, I don't stand for racial prejudices or raci
al discrimination, and I for sure don't stand for any religious hatred against a
ny groups,” he said. “I don't want to bring any harm to any community, I only
want to bring more light and peace to our world. In order to do that, you need t
o come through some moments that maybe (are) challenging and testing.”



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