Mizrahi (Jews from Middle East, Central Asia, North Africa, etc) is the colonialist name for us. Many of us don’t know its use and introduction is similar to that of calling a Chinese or Korean person Oriental.
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Mizrahi's meaning is largely unknown or misunderstood because we allow it ourselves. We celebrate it. Sometimes I celebrate it.
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But the term Mizrahi, its design and its impact is to erase our origins as Jews from places we called home for thousands of years. Among siblings who look and sound like us more than most of our Ashkenazi beloveds.
United Help Ukraine has also just deleted the "Acknowledgment" pages on its website, which openly celebrated awards and praise it received from far right groups and leaders.
Since our warnings, major press have removed links to UHU from their donation pages.
So @jonstewart recently broke Hollywood's complete silence on @jk_rowling unapologetically maintaining antisemitic folklore through Harry Potter.
The scene Jon Stewart is referencing was shared by me in 2018, when Rowling was smearing the left as antisemites and only beginning to embrace her infamous anti trans views. Harry walks over a bank adorned with Jewish Stars, to greedy Goblins side locks.
If you'd like to see how Youtube users respond to clips of JK Rowling's bank scenes, they're dominated by antisemites lavishing praise on JK Rowling.
Dave Clark, CEO at @Amazon not mentioning any intent to investigate Amazon's safety procedures during the storm, ignoring mentioning the dead workers and offering "thoughts and prayers" #AmazonTornado
Dave Clark, once again, ignoring @Amazon's own ability to respond to this disaster by leaning on the Red Cross, without mentioning its own massive ability to come to aid workers and families impacted. #AmazonTornado