Maybe you don’t realize this, but by conflating the criticism of you and Mallory with racism, you are suggesting that Jews who worry about anti-Semitism — most Jews, actually — are somehow racist. That’s not just borderline racist itself. But it erases tons of people like me, Black Jews and other Jews of Color, forcing us to pick a side. You’ve created a false binary that puts Black Jews like me in danger, and isolates us. Either we stand with you, against “Jewish folk,” or we stand with racists.
In case you are wondering, it’s shit like this that is why Jews have so much trouble feeling safe in liberal places.
For the record, Shaun King is claiming that he is not antisemitic for claiming that Louis Farrakhan isn’t antisemitic. Shaun King is claiming that he knows more about antisemitism than Jewish people and that when Jewish people tell you that you are being antisemitic, it’s correct to throw a fit about how you can’t possibly be antisemitic and refuse to even discuss it. And imply that the Jews should be more grateful to him in the process.
The ironic thing is that King would be the first to criticize someone else for doing this about another ism, but when it comes to antisemitism, he is specifically exempt.
Shaun King Pro-Tip: Absolve yourself of having to listen to Jewish people about what constitutes anti-Semitism by declaring that you are not anti-Semitic by your own standards, which are (recursive loop!) not informed at all by Jewish perceptions/thought.
Not saying Shaun King hates Jews, but he seems willing to ignore Jewish voices. It’s damn frustrating that non-Jews think they get to decide what is and isn’t antisemitism.
Exactly. I don’t think he hates Jewish people. I think he just doesn’t care about us in any way that is meaningful, and is obviously not willing to “fight for us.”
Loki is the Philosopher King 