So a new book from acclaimed author Ta-Nehisi Coates called “The Message” is out. He went on CBS Mornings to discuss it and was interviewed by a few American journalists. Here is the interview right here:
Since that interview over a week ago, there’s been an astonishing (to me anyway) complete reframing of that interview and the book being talked about by some sections of America’s media. Such as this recounted in the interview below:
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Like what the hell is this other than a blatantly racist commentary by Helen Andrews? She either didn’t read the book, or felt it her job to defend Israel at all costs by accusing him of being anti-Israel?
Also, historical point here, “Jews carved Israel out of the desert”.
What is this nonsense? Palestine, 1945, Bethlehem.
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Source:
https://www.palestineremembered.com/GeoPoints/Nativity_Church_4633/Picture_15542.html
How many racist tropes could you fit into a few lines of so called authorial critique?
Also - Wakanda is a
fictional place. Another racist trope.
Americans in this thread - are you not frightened by this blatant racism against a black author on television, going completely unchallenged?
This is lunacy - putting humankind back centuries at this rate.
horrifying but not rly surprising ~ internally within the so called us, black people are very often the primary targets of philosemitic accusations of antisemitism. the whole function and operation of philosemitic ideology is to use "protecting the jews" as a trojan horse for colonial violence, and in this white supremacist settler colony that means anti-black violence.
sometimes black ppl dont even have to be antizionists to be subjected to such attacks, but ofc the attacks are more intensified toward black people (and organizations) who speak in support of palestinian liberation; for example throughout ~2016-2020 or so, white supremacist philosemitism organizations such as the ADL regularly carried out smear campaigns directed at 'black lives matter' organizations and members that for example may have spoken out against the many police departments that receive training from the IDF/IOF on how to 'be more effective' ie on strategic and tactical operations as a militarized occupation force in black communities. many 'blm' organizations and activists were placed on lists of extremists, to be targetted for surveillance. (to be clear this is not that new, we now know the ADL aggressively infiltrated and surveilled and informed on individuals and groups organizing in solidarity against apartheid south africa in the 80s as well as black liberation and other "civil rights" movements in the 60s-70s.
https://droptheadl.org)
anti-black philosemitic violence isnt even limited to "the left" tho, eg the attacks on whoopi goldberg from the center-right show "the view" a year or two ago played out similar tropes. she essentially put forward propaganda that philosemitism itself is responsible for, erasing that nazism was a cohesive white nationalist ideology that targetted not only jews but roma and black people and broadly everyone who it excluded from whiteness, and instead saying that the sho'ah "wasnt about race" [meaning race as it is defined in a current "us" context, not recognizing that racialization varies (somewhat) across different places and times] obv this is wrong but since critcizing this position in a substantive way would expose the contradictions of philosemitism, instead she is j accused of "being antisemitic", and forced to say that she needs to "Educate herself on antisemitism" and apologize to the ADL (an organization directly responsible for the miseducation of her and so many others in this area, which is not rly a issue of her being antisemitic, these comments have nothing to do with hatred or prejudice of jewish people, rather they reflect a lack of understanding of the long history of white supremacy, and nazism as a 'culmination' of that history.)
furthermore this forced apology is intended to propagandize the idea/myth that all black people "naturally" have anti-semitic tendencies and need to prioritize "educating themselves on antisemitism", as well as the threat/message of how any black person who does not do so will be treated in media discourse.
in general, basically any instance of alleged "Black antisemitism" is spotlighted and blown up in the media, i mean this was being talked about everywhere for weeks and weeks, if u criticized all the nonsense that u encounter in daytime talk shows youd never talk about anything else.
across these various situations, the media is pushing forward philosemitism, and in particular the presumption that black people are 'antisemitic until proven otherwise' (with "proof" meaning accepting the philosemitic redefinition of antisemitism). this serves to justify not only the palestinian genocide but also white supremacist settler violence within us borders.
"Under the philosemitic redefinition and wielding of antisemitism, Jews don’t exist as real people who are harmed but as abstractions with which state policy decisions can be justified or rejected. A state may increase its police presence in a certain area to “protect Jews” or it can reject policies, such as bail reform, claiming they “endanger the Jews....
"Over the past few years, there has been a massive
spike in google searches for “Black antisemitism.” This spike in searches is greatest in New York, where there have been some attacks against Jewish people, some of which have been by non-Jewish Black people. Politicians, leaders in major Jewish organizations, and zionist activist groups began to demand major changes to protect the Jewish community against the threat that Black people allegedly pose. In the
Tablet, one article by Liel Leibovitz claimed that a recent bail reform poses a threat to the Jews. Leibovitz writes “letting violent, hate-filled bigots walk free to commit more violent hate crimes as a matter of public policy is the definition of insanity. It’s evil. In practice, it seems, criminal justice reform and condemning police occupation are euphemisms for sacrificing the safety of real, live Jews on the altar of progressive claptrap.”
Over a dozen zionist organizations held a rally at the NYC City Hall which they called “Name it to Fight It! It’s Antisemitism! At this rally,
Dov Hikind exclaimed that the work of fighting antisemitism “is on all of us — the Jewish community, as well as the non-Jewish minority communities where these attackers are coming from.” Mort Klein, the founder of the Zionist Organization of America,
took his moment at the podium to assert “now is the time for African-American and Hispanic leaders to speak out against the brutal and regular and mindless attacks on innocent Jews” in New York. Most succinctly, Mort Klein demanded that the mayor not criticize the police and said that “compassion should be reserved for the innocent law-abiding victims, not the violent criminals.” Philosemitism asserts that Black people, who are antisemites until they prove otherwise, do not deserve compassion but instead must be policed. One potential solution, according to Mort Klein, was that the NYPD dress up as Orthodox Jews and patrol communities where Jews live to catch the Black people who allegedly endanger them. Whether or not Mort Klein sincerely believes this would be a good idea, I could think of no better way to increase actual hatred of Jews. Deneed Borelli
said “most of the violent incidents against Jews in New York City are by Black men,” however this is literally a lie. In fact, white people commit antisemitic hate crimes in NYC at twice the rate Black people commit them. You might think that this can be explained by the fact that white people are a larger proportion of the NYC population. However, the number of
hate crimes committed by white people in NYC is almost 25% higher than the proportion of white people in NYC’s population. Yet, there are no calls against “white antisemitism.” This is the philosemites justifying their colonial goals of increased policing of Black people in NYC ostensibly to “protect the Jews.” This is philosemitism."
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https://emcohen.medium.com/on-the-dangers-of-fighting-antisemitism-c888c0bbd79f)
