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As a Black Jew and former @jdforward writer I must publicly condemn the publication& #39;s choice to publish Ariel Sobel, a white writer who targeted Black Jews through a racist Blackface sock puppet account & smeared those who called them out, including a Black Jewish Forward writer
I was part of a stable of young Black Jewish writers who helped @JDforward maintain a "balanced" reputation from our voices, while behind the scenes failing us repeatedly. This is a slap in the face to every single one of us who placed our trust in the editors. I am livid.
I have repeatedly asked the Forward to adopt editorial standards to address structural racism in their publication, this was rebuffed and we are seeing the consequences of that today. It& #39;s not just the Forward tho, Jewish Press has a racism issue, and harms Black Jews especially
Why is @jdforward publishing someone w/ a documented history of racist harm against Black Jews? Why did @TOIOpsBlogs & @tabletmag publish hit pieces attacking JOC identities? Because many Jewish publications sees us as racial clickbait & refuse to apply basic editorial standards
Despite my move away from the Forward I tried very hard not to make that public out of respect for my former working relationships with the editors. I am heartbroken that this respect was not returned. Worse this directly harms their writers who Sobel smeared and targeted.
