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Wiley’s comments were disturbing, and deeply upsetting, but what hurt the most was the support of his comments, and the silence of those who have such an active voice on other similar matters.
Sure, he’s probably losing the plot, but plenty of people were agreeing. It’s terrifying. People like him want people like me to be eradicated. Denouncing Wiley’s words is a given, but it seems many can’t quite bring themselves to tackle or disagree with anti-semitism.
I’ve had it my whole life. The stereotypes about money, controlling the media, and all the rest. Some things I heard in the music biz were far too close to the line.
Sure, there are lots of successful Jews (like there are in all sorts of communities) but hundreds of thousands of Jews around the world, even in my hometown of Leeds, live in poverty. I pick this one stereotype because it’s so narrow minded to blindly think “all Jews are rich”.
If you believe these stereotypes, check yourself and go and learn.
This is not about Israel. I can be critical of the Israeli government, I don’t agree with lots they do, many Israelis would say the same. PLEASE stop associating the issues. You can be a Zionist AND care about Palestinians.
Too many people jump on this bandwagon, uneducated, and the result tends to be anti semitic. Please go and learn about the Israel Palestine conflict, go there, meet Israelis, Palestinians, and form an educated view and don’t bring it up now when we’re talking about anti-semitism.
I truly appreciate all the messages, shares and posts from non-jewish friends, and especially black friends, some of which I’ve had difficult conversations about racism in the past weeks and they’re dealing with lots of hurt themselves.
Everyone can do more but I don’t expect anyone to be forced to post or think a certain way, but equally it’s noticed when you scream about one issue and ignore the others.
I have tried to learn about all forms of racism, posted, shared. Is it too much to ask that other people stand up and do the same for anti-semitism?
Nicky x
Nicky x
