Antisemitism

[*jason*]

(07-16-2020, 11:39 AM)BmorePat87 Wrote: The last few years saw a number of stories about antisemitism from the right, but with the growth of BLM in the last two months, we have seen a new form of antisemitism occur within those groups.

From celebrities like DeSean Jackson, Stephen Jackson, and Nick Cannon, people have been pushing antisemitic rhetoric, including globalist conspiracy theories, fake quotes from Hitler, and quotes from the Nation of Islam to promote anti-semitism as a fight against racism and black identity. The typical message seems to be pushing the narrative of Black Hebrews being the true chosen people and White Jewish people fighting to keep them done and joining with racist Christians to keep that fact hidden. Sometimes it also includes imagery of powerful and rich Jewish people controlling global events, which includes racial inequality. I've also seen cases where Henry Ford's antisemitic The International Jew literature is pushed.

I actually tackled anti-semitic conspiracy theories in class, but the recent revival in them requires additional attention. This hits close to home because my wife is Jewish (and it's one of the reasons she doesn't feel comfortable displaying a menorah or mezuzah thanks to these few instances) and any kid we have would be raised Jewish as well, but it's also a matter of being against hate.

Antisemitism is unfortunately too widely accepted, to the point where people who claim to be fighting against bigotry will use it to develop a common enemy to fight against.

I get that it's alarming that this stuff is bring spewed in general, but guys like the Jacksons have zero credibility with me. One was the first guy to follow Ron Artest into the stands to swing on fans who hadn't done anything (Artest went after the wrong guy). Stephen Jackson also fired a handgun in a strip club parking lot after getting his lip busted in some altercation. DeSean has also been a knucklehead. They do have a platform, but I don't know why anyone would take them seriously.