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Anyone else notice that KAJ seems to have an awfully narrow idea of what
"Anti-Semitism in Hollywood" looks like? Almost like he is only looking for
anti-Semitism among those who fit a very particular description. Perhaps he
was trained in identifying anti-Semitism by the NYPD chiefs behind
Stop-and-Frisk. Even the white Jew he goes after is under attack for
reblogging Farrakhan.
Let's be serious, we are undergoing one of most massive Black-led
rebellions against racism and capitalism in decades and they are recycling
the same manipulative nonsense that they have used since they torched SNCC
and the BPP fifty years ago. They can't come out and accuse Blacks of being
"anti-white" and so-forth because it will strengthen white nationalism and
thereby exacerbate racial tensions in the U.S. So instead they are digging
through (mostly has-been) Black celebrities' statements looking for empty
rhetoric so they can portray Black people as enemies of other minority
groups with the (very obvious) dog whistle that the primary concern is
offense toward those who have been assimilated into whiteness. The
witch-hunt for anti-Semitism is post-CRM white supremacy.
KAJ's comments that they are wrong-headed because Black people and Jews
have both suffered discrimination is pretty tonedeaf. Every single one of
these comments that are prompting scrutiny, no matter how crude or
conspiratorial they are, are a form of *punching up*. None of the comments
by Nick Cannon, Ice Cube, etc. are about suggesting that Jews need to be
put in their place, that they should be terrorized with lynchings to
prevent them from organizing for better jobs, etc. None of them are about
using racial terror to discipline others. So the comparison is, frankly,
offensive. The motivation behind these comments is pretty obvious; like
other crude explanations of racial capitalism, they are attempts to explain
the enormous success and cultural influence of Jews, including in
Hollywood, that Blacks continue to lack outside of a small coterie of
wealthy elites.
I also want to note something that I find particularly demeaning about the
attacks on Chelsea Handler. Handler, who is both white and Jewish, posted a
video of Farrakhan on Phil Donahue's talk show (where he interviewed
various fringe figures in the 1980s and 1990s), and it prompted likes from
other prominent white women, including Jessica Chastain, Jennifer Garner,
Jennifer Aniston, and Michelle Pfieffer. That is, all of these very
prominent, and very white, and in some cases very Jewish, women expressed
their sympathy and support for Farrakhan's comments.
And anyone who has actually seen the video (which is here:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BMpICsEa3l0) knows exactly why. No matter
what blame Farrakhan deserves for derailing the Black resistance, causing
Malcolm X's death, being unhinged, etc., anyone who watches his interview
with Donahue will see that Farrakhan and his supporters were saying things
in 1985 that were impermissible in American society until 2014, especially
when he begins arguing with the audience:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BMpICsEa3l0#t=18m0s
KAJ and others are shaming white women when they actually listen rather
than when they defend Joe Biden (that is, when they are doing what is right
instead of what is white).
Amith R. Gupta
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