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[quote=Anonymous][quote=jsteele][quote=Anonymous][quote=jsteele]Ward 4 Council Member Brandon Todd doesn't want to punish White for donating to the Nation of Islam. Rather, he is calling on us to have patience and understanding:

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You posted that without sharing your opinion of it (which is rare).

Are you agreeing we should have patience and understanding, or is the repeated tolerance of White's obvious antisemitism (along with the Ward 4 council member's recommendation that we continue to excuse his bigotry) sending a message that prejudice against Jews is not as bad as prejudice against blacks people?

"To accept is to teach." [/quote]

I have posted here that I think White should resign and I have emailed both Brandon Todd and Chairman Mendelson asking them to take action against White. What more do you want me to say?

I will say, however, and you will probably condemn me as an anti-Semite, but White has a different perspective which is worth considering:

1) because he didn't know the Rothschilds are Jewish, he didn't mean his remarks about them to be anti-Semitic;

2) he says he didn't leave the Holocaust Museum in mid-tour, but only continued the visit on his own rather than being scrutinized by a reporter (and considering the subsequent article, that was probably a wise decision);

3) his support for the Nation of Islam has nothing to do with Farrakhan's position regarding Jews but rather reflects the NOI's work in Ward 8 which includes providing meals, security, and other social services.

With that in mind, I would say that his anti-Semitism is probably not as clear-cut as you suggest. I would describe it more as a lack of sensitivity toward anti-Semitism, and an unacceptable lack of sensitivity at that. I still think he should resign.
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So, you believe all of this? Why? Here is my skeptical reading:

1) He is obviously marinating in a stew of anti-semitic conspiracy theories if he had heard the one about the Rothschilds (that's not just something that comes out of nowhere, especially from someone who otherwise would not likely have any idea who a "Rothschild" is).

2) He left the tour but finished so much earlier than everyone else that he was on the sidewalk smoking when they finished?

3) I agree that black politicians are in a tough place regarding the NOI and anti-semitism. It was also INCREDIBLY tone-deaf to give this donation in the middle of this kerfuffle. So tone deaf, in fact, that it smacks of "good people on all sides." A dog whistle that is easy for everyone to hear is not even really a dog whistle.

Since when do we believe every word that comes out of a politician's mouth, particularly when said politician is in a CYA moment?[/quote]

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