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Behind the Aegis

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Tue Nov 1, 2022, 11:20 PM Nov 2022

(Jewish Group) We asked 8 Black Jews to weigh in on the Kanye West mess

Oy Ye.

By now, the world has heard from practically everyone with an opinion on Kanye West’s antisemitic posts and rants — except the group perhaps most qualified to comment on the subject: Black Jews. Among Jewish African American leaders and activists are those who have been fans of the rapper for years, and others who wrote him off long ago when he began embracing white supremacist, anti-Black ideologies.

To learn how the controversy is playing to Black Jewish people, we spoke to those who live at the intersection of these issues on an everyday basis. None claim to speak for the entire Black Jewish community, which is as diverse as the wider Jewish and Black populations, but none held back their opinion, either. Their responses have been edited for length and clarity.

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Some good insight, even among some of the whiners.

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(Jewish Group) We asked 8 Black Jews to weigh in on the Kanye West mess (Original Post) Behind the Aegis Nov 2022 OP
I went to the link. Don't bother, it's just sophmoric ramblings of a prime example... brush Nov 2022 #1
You must've gone to a different link than I did jxla Nov 2022 #2
I watched a video interview. Did you read an article? brush Nov 2022 #3
I read the article NT jxla Nov 2022 #4
Two different things then. brush Nov 2022 #5

brush

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1. I went to the link. Don't bother, it's just sophmoric ramblings of a prime example...
Wed Nov 2, 2022, 12:09 AM
Nov 2022

of the Dunning-Kruger effect. Much of it is word salad of disconnected, self-absorbed, stream consciousness bullshit.

He complains of never having the opportunity to be formally educated. But what's stopping him, he's got millions to afford to get formally educated.

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