Erykah Badu showed compassion for Hitler in a wide-ranging interview
Badu, 46,
Spoke about staying relevant to younger listeners when her interview took a turn into more controversial subject matter.
She was asked about being labeled as anti-Semitic after traveling to Israel in 2008 where she said she followed Louis Farrakhan, the nation of Islam leader.
"I'm not an anti-Semitic person. I (didn't) even know what anti-Semitic was before I was called it. I'm a humanist. I see good in everybody. I saw something good in Hitler," she said, taking a pivot into another questionable discussion.
"Hitler was a wonderful painter,
The interviewer expressed discontent then asked "what would his skill as a painter have to do with any 'good' in him?"
"Okay, he was a terrible painter. Poor thing.
He had a terrible childhood.
That means that when I'm looking at my daughter, Mars... I could imagine her being in someone else's home and being treated so poorly, and what that could spawn," she continued. "I see things like that. I guess it's just the Pisces in me."
So from your point of view Erykah is anti-Semitic person or not
Or just She just want to withdraw attention as she is approaching hard years for her as a star
And do you think that causes she gave is a clue for anyone to consider any good thing in a person like Hitler