It seems to be the week for truth telling about the Left. On Monday, Bari Weiss laid bare the left-wing bias in the newsroom of The New York Times. The same day left-wing writer Jemele Hill admits something that has been an open secret for decades: There is a virulent strain of left-wing anti-Semitism running through the black community and it has been there for generations.

She used the rampant Jew-baiting evidenced by black NFL player DeSean Jackson to illustrate her point. While Hill herself is your standard leftist propagandist, she showed guts and integrity on this issue.

“I had made a joke about the Nazi leader who orchestrated the murder of 6 million Jewish people. I was, of course, aware of the Holocaust, but I had given little thought to the feelings of the Jewish community because, frankly, it wasn’t my own. When others pointed out the insensitivity of my statement, I was mortified. Like Jackson, I am black. And had anyone made a remark trivializing slavery, I would have been incensed.

“I learned that just because I’m aware of the destruction caused by racism, that doesn’t mean I’m automatically sensitive to other forms of racism, or in this case, anti-Semitism. Black people, too, are capable of being culturally arrogant.

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“Regardless of what happens with Jackson, the unfortunate truth is that some black Americans have shown a certain cultural blindspot about Jews. Stereotypical and hurtful tropes about Jews are widely accepted in the African American community. As a kid, I heard elders in my family say in passing that Jewish people were consumed with making money, and that they ‘owned everything.’ My relatives never dwelled on the subject, and nothing about their tone indicated that they thought anything they were saying was anti-Semitic—not that a lack of awareness would be any excuse. This also doesn’t mean that my family—or other African Americans—are more or less anti-Semitic than others in America, but experiencing the pain of discrimination and stereotyping didn’t prevent them from spreading harmful stereotypes about another group.” That is a hell of an admission. She will take heat for it. But she told the truth.

“Black people’s fight for their humanity is unrelated to Jackson’s error, but they must use their own racial experiences to foster empathy for others. The thirst for liberation and equality can never come at the expense of dehumanizing other marginalized groups—especially at a time when hate crimes against Jews have increased significantly.”

She also said, “Jackson is going to have to work to regain the trust of the Jewish community—and everyone else who understands that Hitler was evil. Just because he says he’s sorry doesn’t mean they have to believe him.”

From the Black Panthers, to Jesse Jackson, to Louis Farrakhan, anti-Semitic views in the black community have been accepted and excused. The serious discussion on the matter is long overdue.

This piece was written by David Kamioner on July 15, 2020. It originally appeared in LifeZette and is used by permission.

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