"There's this whole concept with the Rothschilds -- control the World Bank, as we all know -- infusing dollars into major cities.
They really pretty much control the federal government, and now they have this concept called resilient cities
in which they are using their money and influence into local cities."
— Trayon White, Sr., member, Washington, DC City Council (2018)

"The traumatic experience of Ilhan Omar is more personal than the
experience of children of Holocaust survivors."
— James Clyburn, U.S. Representative, South Carolina (2019)

You ever wonder why Jewish people own all the property in America?"
— Jay-Z, aka Shawn Carter; lyrics from 2017 song "The Story of O.J."

"If there’s one thing Jewish people have showed us, it’s they have the power."
— Charlamagne tha God, aka Lenard McKelvey (The Breakfast Club radio show, summer 2020)

"Black people don’t have the same level of connections as Jewish people. Black people don’t have the same connections as oil people. You know we don’t know nobody that got a nice house. You know we don’t know nobody with paper like that, that we can go to when we’re down."
— Kanye West (source: Power 101.1 radio station, November 2013)

Of course, West has more recent comments that are even more extreme.

“If the Palestinians took up arms, went into Israel and killed all the Jews, it’d be alright.”
— Professor Griff, aka Robert Griffin (Public Enemy, 1988)

"Because the white Jews know that the negroes are the real children of Israel ... the Jews will blackmail America. They will extort America, their plan for world domination won't wrk if the Negroes know who they were. The white citizens ... will be terrified to know that all this time they've been mistreating and discrimating and lynching the Children of Israel."
— Desean Jackson, on social media, summer 2020 — falsely attributing this quote to Hitler

Alice Walker opted to review David Icke's book "And the Truth Shall Set You Free" in a 2018 New York Times column.

Walker had nothing but praise for the book. In the book, international conspiracy theorist David Icke alleges that a “small Jewish clique” created the Russian Revolution and both World Wars, and “coldly calculated” the Holocaust. Icke has also accused Jews (among others) of being alien lizard people.

After a week of criticism, Walker doubled down in her assessment of Icke’s indefensible work, calling him “brave” and dismissing charges of anti-semitism.

In a blog post about President George W. Bush's 2006 State of the Union speech, Joy Reid of MSNBC wrote that you've /got to love the ‘Jew cam’ that seeks out Joe Lieberman like a laser-guided missile every time anyone mentions the word 'Israel'."

Meanwhile, in 1991 in Crown Heights, in order to egg on anti-semitic rioters, Al Sharpton publicly referred to Jews as ‘bloodsucking [J]ews’, ‘Jew bastards’, 'white interlopers', and 'diamond merchants'. He has since apologized.

In response to Nick Cannon being called out for anti-semitism by the Simon Wiesenthal Center, Jay Electronica wrote on Twitter:

"Rabbi Abraham Cooper is a COWARD who LIED to our brother Nick Canon about the history of the caucasian race. Ask him does he stand behind the vile teachings of the TALMUD? Don't be a coward next time Cooper you DEVIL."
— Jay Electronica, aka Timothy Thedford, rapper (July 25, 2020)

Three Jews were killed in an attack in December 2019 in Jersey City, New Jersey. In response, local School Board member Joan Terrell-Paige wrote on her Facebook page:

"Where was all this faith and hope when Black homeowners were threatened, intimidated, and harassed by I WANT TO BUY YOUR HOUSE brutes of the jewish community."

The Hudson County, NJ Democratic Black Caucus said Terrell-Paige had rightly drawn attention to important issues, and she continued to serve on the school board for two years after her comments.

Conclusion

In response to the above rhetoric, we are thankful for the few in the African American community who have spoken out in defense of Jews and Israel: Kareem Abdul Jabbar, Zach Banner, Charles Barkley, Reggie Miller, Shaquille O'Neal and Amar'e Stoudemire.

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