In a recent if typical tweet, Louis Farrakhan posted a video in which he used dehumanizing rhetoric to compare Jews to insects. I’m not an anti-Semite. I’m anti-Termite. pic.twitter.com/L5dPQcnVg4 — MINISTER FARRAKHAN (@LouisFarrakhan) October 16, 2018 Watching video recording broke my heart. Hearing these words directed at me and my community shook me to my…
Facebook took down a video posted to Nation of Islam leader Louis Farrakhan’s account that compared Jews to termites, calling it “Tier 1 hate speech,” The Wrap reported. “The video was taken down because it violates our hate speech policies,” a Facebook representative told The Wrap. In response to critics calling him an anti-Semite, Farrakhan,…
I owe a huge part of my writing success to Louis Farrakhan. One night in March, I wrote a profanity-laden tirade against the leader of the Nation of Islam, expressing frustration that despite his hateful rhetoric towards Jews, LGBTQ people, and women, there were still some in the black community who supported him or turned…
Twitter is declining to remove Louis Farrakhan’s account from its site after he posted a video comparing Jews to termites,” Buzzfeed reported. The site had previously removed his blue verification badge for earlier anti-Semitic remarks. Calls for Farrakhan’s account’s removal came again after he posted a video criticizing Jewish people and making a remark that…
Chelsea Clinton has spoken: on the topic of termites, Jews are not a fitting comparison. It’s a low bar, but we all got here together. Clinton spoke up on Twitter in defense of Jews in response to a video of Louis Farrkhan speaking at a recent rally in which he seems to compare Jews to…
One of the most incredible Black cultural icons, the voice of a generation and the Civil Rights Movement, passed away several weeks ago after a period of ill health. Aretha Franklin was mourned in a widely publicized service whose guest list was a cross section of Black America and leaders relevant to it. Dozens of…
Nation of Islam leader Louis Farrakhan — who has for decades been criticized for anti-Semitism and homophobia — had a prominent place on the dais at Aretha Franklin’s star-studded funeral, sitting three seats away from former president Bill Clinton. Farrakhan wrote in The Final Call, the Nation of Islam’s newspaper, that Franklin had shown support…
Netflix will not be releasing a documentary by and about infamous anti-Semitic preacher and Nation of Islam leader Louis Farrakhan. Following reports and tweets by Farrakhan himself that the documentary, “My Life’s Journey Through Music,” would be available to stream on August 1, Netflix said the documentary would not be available on the service. “This…
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