These attacks are being sparked (in part) by disinformation about Jewish communities who have recently been moving into these neighborhoods that stoke already existing dissatisfaction at the families for driving up property values and "taking over." An easily exploited mix
It's the same mechanism as we've been seeingn, exploiting resentment using hypertargeted posts and edited timelines in order to spark stochastic violence and terror
Plus the antisemitic rhetoric that's everywhere now and enabled on a federal, no, international level.
Just because one group is targeted doesn't mean another group won't be tomorrow.
Just because one group is targeted doesn't mean another group won't be tomorrow.
What I've seen in this case is rumors about Jewish families new to the neighborhood rolling up to the homes of black families with "bags of money," like some sort of cartoon villain, and offering to hand it over so they'll leave. Also that they are racist snobs. I do not know
how much of this reflects resentment about what has already happened or fear over what may happen, but these rumors are widening cracks family by family, home by home, neighborhood by neighborhood. The disinfo rot is not confined to any one group. It is spreading. We must address
This will also be used potentially as an excuse by white supremacists for violent retaliation.
