Ppl are discussing antisemitism & bigotry, & using it for teachable moments...
Should we continue to honor the request of Julian Edelman & have #uncomfortableconvos about our experiences in order to heal-
by also discussing the anti-Black racism from the Jewish community?
Should we continue to honor the request of Julian Edelman & have #uncomfortableconvos about our experiences in order to heal-
by also discussing the anti-Black racism from the Jewish community?
One of the oldest Synagogues in America was built by Aaron Lopez who was one of the wealthiest slave traders on the East Coast
#uncomfortableconvo
#uncomfortableconvo
Another one of the oldest synagogues in America was Kahal Kadosh Beth Elohim Synagogue in SC.
They infamously would not allow Black American converts into the synagogue. Even the mixed race children of Jewish white men and Black women
They infamously would not allow Black American converts into the synagogue. Even the mixed race children of Jewish white men and Black women
Judah Philip Benjamin served as the Attorney General, Secretary of War, and Secretary of State for the Confederacy. He is considered “the brains of the Confederacy.”
He was a major proponent of keeping Black Americans enslaved
#uncomfortableconvo
He was a major proponent of keeping Black Americans enslaved
#uncomfortableconvo
Louis B Mayor started MGM studios from the the money he invested in the anti-Black film Birth of a Nation.
MGM would go on to make other blockbuster films like Gone With The Wind, that continued the tradition of anti-Black stereotypes
#uncomfortableconvo
MGM would go on to make other blockbuster films like Gone With The Wind, that continued the tradition of anti-Black stereotypes
#uncomfortableconvo
The anti-Black tradition of Blackface has been a strange obsession in this community. From Al Jolsen, to Howard Stern, Dov Hikind, Sarah Silverman, etc
#uncomfortableconvo
#uncomfortableconvo
Joel Spingarn was one of the founders of the NAACP.
He also worked for the Military Intelligence Division (MID) of the US army, where he would spy on Black NAACP members and Black society and secretly provide the information to the government
#uncomfortableconvo
He also worked for the Military Intelligence Division (MID) of the US army, where he would spy on Black NAACP members and Black society and secretly provide the information to the government
#uncomfortableconvo
When ppl discuss ww2 and the holocaust in Europe, they often leave out an important factor.
It was Foundational Black American soldiers in the front lines in WW2 defeating the Nazis and liberating people from concentration camps
#uncomfortableconvo
It was Foundational Black American soldiers in the front lines in WW2 defeating the Nazis and liberating people from concentration camps
#uncomfortableconvo
Foundational Black American soldiers from the 761st Battalion helped to liberate many people from concentration camps in nazi occupied Europe.
One holocaust survivor named Sonia Weitz wrote an infamous poem about the Black heroes called "Black Messiah"
#UncomfortableConvo
One holocaust survivor named Sonia Weitz wrote an infamous poem about the Black heroes called "Black Messiah"
#UncomfortableConvo
Did you all know there is a Hebrew Confederate Cemetery in Richmond VA, for Hebrew confederates who fought to keep Black American enslaved?
#uncomfortableconvo
#uncomfortableconvo
