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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]I don’t think she was being transactional.

There is a dark history of anti-Semitism among *some* AAs—Louis Farrakhan has had resonance among some—and I hope the response from BLM wasn’t a reflection of that.

There is also a strain of anti-Semitism among *some* parts of the progressive movement, as an outgrowth of understandable dislike of cruel Israeli policies towards Palestinians.

I hope that exchange does not reflect any of those undercurrents.[/quote]

Now who is stirring the pot!!![/quote]

It’s absolutely true that there is anti-semitism among SOME on the left.

One example of Women’s March leaders who believe that Jews had some special role in the slave trade: https://www.thedailybeast.com/report-womens-march-leaders-made-anti-semitic-comments-to-fellow-founder

This is something Louis Farrakhan has talked about: https://www.splcenter.org/fighting-hate/extremist-files/individual/louis-farrakhan

All I said in my post is that I hope these tweets aren’t rooted in any agreement with that line of thinking.[/quote]

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