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[quote=Anonymous]I fully expect that those of you who have made excuses or given the benefit of the doubt to Trayon White's behavior of the last few days will not be as forgiving of what transpired yesterday: At a "Support Trayon" rally, an invited speaker from Farrakhan's Nation of Islam (NOI) launched into an antisemitic attack against Elisa Silverman, concluding with the despicable reference to Jews as termites. Joshua Lopez, who organized the rally, held the megaphone (or at least stood in solidarity next to him) and had no reaction as the Farrakhan speaker spewed his venom.

Several points:

1) Lopez should be dismissed immediately. That he did not immediately grab the megaphone away and condemn the anti-Semite's remarks shows agreement. He should be out.

2) Trayon White should be pressured to resign. Given his "questionable" actions and statements (and I'm being generous), and that he has been judged by many to be antisemitic himself, one would think he would jump at the opportunity to voice his opposition to anti-Jew speech. Yet he has remained silent, and the Washington Post's attempt to get a statement from him was met with no comment.

3) DC should sever all ties to the NOI, given their virulently antisemtitc stance, and send the message that bigotry against any group is unacceptable and will have consequences. From what I understand, Silverman sent a letter to her colleagues saying that the relationship with NOI must be "evaluated."

4) This shows the danger of a "soft" approach to antisemitism, or the "sloughing off" of behavior which shows, at best, an indifference to antisemtism. It enables the worst-of-the-worse to come out, guns a'blazing, and spew their hatred to Jews, and in doing so leads to increasing antisemtism.

(And I would think Muslims would be after the Nation of Islam to change their name. The organization is bigoted and hateful, which are clearly traits that peace-loving and kind-hearted Muslims - the vast majority - would not want associated with their religion.)[/quote]

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