admin | June 22, 2020
Theres something simultaneously ironic, funny, sad and fascinating when a student messages me asking if they are white. Now this isnt, of course, a question about physical colors, in which Im no expert; any of my peers will attest to the fact that I wasnt blessed with an eye for color schemes. Rather, they are asking a fundamental question about identity.
admin | June 22, 2020
Patagonia, the outdoor apparel brand, said it will join a growing advertising boycott of Facebook and Instagram being led by a coalition of civil rights groups. The boycott, which is known as #StopHateForProfit, was driven by Facebook's failure to act against "hateful lies and dangerous propaganda," the company said. The boycott will begin "effective immediately," it said, adding it will last "at least" through the end of July.
admin | June 22, 2020
Facebook founder Mark Zuckerberg is facing yet another rising tide of displeasure with his company content policiesand this time it could hit him right in the wallet.
admin | June 22, 2020
Analysts say conspiracy theories about Jewish philanthropist George Soros have soared in recent weeks as right-wing commentators blame him for playing a role in both the pandemic and the US race riots. Soros, 89, is a well-known donor to liberal causes and has long been the subject of antisemitic suggestions that he is part of a shadowy cabal that runs the world.
admin | June 22, 2020
The Zionist regime is the real cause of the destabilization in West Asia as the Palestinians claim since they started to lose their land after the invasion of the French Zionists during the world war 1 right after the fall of the Ottoman Empire. This process of occupation was intended to create the puppet state of Israel. Israelis don't just want to get all of Palestine, they also want to get the entire area, including Africa, west Atlantic Ocean passing for the Mediterranean Sea and the Persian Gulf including the Arabic Peninsula - Iran and that makes sense given the recent wars in this zone.Palestine citizens believe these Jews arent Semitic; they are just from Ashkenazic origins.
admin | June 22, 2020
I am many things I am a Jew I am Israeli I am American I am Ashkenazi I am not European I am Middle Eastern I am not White I am a light-skinned Levantine Semite I am White-Passing I am White in the eyes of most Systems I am hated for not being white enough I am hated for being too white I am a beneficiary of White Privilege I am hurt by White Supremacy I am helped by White Supremacy I am not the cause of White Supremacy I am passively perpetuating White Supremacy I am RESPONSIBLE for doing my small part to dismantle White Supremacy I am often asked by white people what ARE you?, because my big nose, my big hair shouts something different! I am scared when this happens I am proud when this happens I am never told you dont look Jewish when this happens I am a Jew whose Jewishness is never doubted, never challenged because of the color of my skin. I am never asked to show my papers, to prove I belong, unlike my Black and of Color Jewish brothers and sisters I am part of the Jews who were exiled to Europe; who blossomed in poisoned soil, but whose roots never took I am part of the Jews who were told to go home; who never stopped praying for the day we could I am part of the Jews who thought we were passinguntil they finally came up with a solution to weed us out I am part of the Jews who escaped to Ellis Island, who successfully blended, who enjoyed upward mobility, comfort, stability I am a descendant of 2000 years of suffering, persecution, and inherited trauma; of 4000 years of uplifting wisdom, tradition, ingroup empowerment, community and success despite all odds passed down from generation to generation I am a descendent of great-grandparents who fled pogroms, who were beaten and killed for being Jewish; of grandparents who were mocked and taunted and excluded from clubs and workplaces; of parents who had no inherited wealth and fought and saved and suffered to become respected physicians I am the Jewish generation born not ever knowing a time without Israel able to walk tall without fear because of this psychological security blanket I am the Jewish generation that is still attacked; by knives, by spit, by rockets, by libel; once again turned into the symbol of all that is evil I am the generation that knows Jewish Power for the first time since we were carried away from our home in chains for the first time truly free in our own land, able to participate actively in the redemption I am the generation stumbling, trying to learn to enjoy that power responsibly, often succeeding, often erring I am a cis-gendered woman; benefiting from and disadvantaged by conditionally white womanhood I am able to get pulled over on the Jersey Turnpike and worry about the impact on my wallet, not my life; to smile and wink and be on my merry way I am scared to ride the subway alone at night in NYC because I have been shoved and harassed for being a woman, for being a Jew I am able to approach an Israeli Police officer in the Old City of Jerusalem and ask for directions knowing worst-case scenario Ill be ignored I am forbidden from entering some countries, I am in danger in many more countries, simply for being a visible Jew I am NEVER IN FEAR, in either of MY countries, that the AUTHORITIES are not on my side due to the amount of melanin in my skin I am propelled ahead as a result I am selected for success, as a result chosen by systems designed for me and not others I am handed on a silver platter all that I need to succeed by a deeply supportive and stable family, and their network of successful people I am held back by mental health issues woven so deeply into my being, preserved by, hard-coded into my nucleic acids from which I can never fully break free I am able to afford tools to cope that others can not I am still struggling to succeed because I am afraid of failure and I am flawed I am standing at the edge of a diving board, peeking below at the safety net of deep soft waters; soothing me, beckoning, whispering well catch you; and yet, I am paralyzed stiff while others have NO CHOICE but to jump into the shallows, no forgiving waters to break the fall if they slip I am afforded the luxury of failure and paralysis I am PRIVILEGED I am a lover of tradition I am a fighter for reform I am a pursuer of Justice I am a pursuer of Peace I am in need of protection from police I am in debt to those who protect me I am in AWE of those who risk and give their lives to protect me I am in recognition of the fact that this protection disadvantages and harms others, both in the US and here in Israel I am aware of the need to change this inequity I am terrified of the physical dangers that could befall my people, both here and in the US, as a result of this change I am ready to talk about ways to reconcile those competing needs, to think creatively about solutions to meet both I am striving to become anti-racist I am striving to fight anti-Semitism I am striving to become an effective ally in the fight to make Black Lives Matter I am striving to acknowledge my buried biases and own my shame;to notice my many embarrassing, past and continued, subconscious microaggressions against Arabs, against Blacks, against Jews who dont look like me I am striving to smile and emit warmth instead of crossing the street in fear when I pass a Palestinian in Tel Aviv; I am mortified that I have to even think to do so; I am aware she may be just as afraid of me I am striving to seek justice for my Palestinian neighbors I am striving to uphold justice for my People I am failing I am learning and growing through failure I am taking lessons and inspiration from conversations about systemic racism in America and recognizing an opportunity to learn from and apply them here I am going to continue pointing out fundamental differences between our circumstances I am pro constructive criticism I am against destructive demonization I am not a western colonizer I am a tragically imperfect self-emancipator; part of a decolonization movement that both advanced and regressed because of western colonizers I am an immigrant by choice, not by necessity I am an immigrant foreigner, yet home amongst family I am the fulfillment of the 2000-year-old righteous dream to return home and join those who never left I am tacitly complicit in oppression I am just a girl trying not to burn toast I am an occupier of people I am a liberator of land I am indigenous to this land.
admin | June 22, 2020
If ever there was a time to re-examine colonial legacies and responsibilities, this is it.
admin | June 22, 2020
Black lives matter.
admin | June 22, 2020
Iranian media has reported that southern Yemen is now linked to Zionists claiming that news reports in Israel suggested southern Yemen might one day have a connection to Israel.
admin | June 22, 2020
Jacqueline VanDusen is wheely tired. But after pedaling 4,415 miles, the Williamsburg resident has just enough energy for the home stretch of a mission three years in the making: to bike every block in Brooklyn
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