Black perspective, and only Black perspective. You seem to surround yourself with Black rights information, and that is all that you see. In that narrow perspective, there is plenty of racism. You might see bigotry of Jews against Blacks, but aren't those just a few Jews, and aren't you blaming an entire religion/ethnicity for the actions of those few?--That is exactly what bigots do. You can often recognize a bigot by the people that they target. To the bigot, it seems that other people are against them. The Archie Bunkers of this world will see slums moving in to destroy his property if the George Jeffersons of this world move next door--bigotry, plainly and simply. Sure, Archie has a host of reasons to be a bigot, but he is focused on blaming Blacks or blaming Jews.
The Google search engine is set up to find information that is pertinent to the things that "anyone" likes. Thus, it pays attention to the websites that "anyone" goes to and finds information for them. So, if a Democrat and a Republican look up the same question, the Democrat will find articles with the Democrat perspective and the Republican will find articles with the Republican perspective. You can get into the settings of the Google search engine for your computer, and you can deselect the feature that tracks your interests, so that you can receive balanced news (I have).
But, you might argue that you can't be a bigot because you are Black. Well.....yes you can be.
Some would like to end hate talk. But, in a famous court battle that ensued after the KKK marched in Skokie, Illinois (a predominantly Jewish neighborhood), everyone has the right to peaceful assembly, and everyone has the right of free speech and free press. So, the Supreme Court (SCOTUS) ruled that Jews also have a right to speak up when they detect bigotry, and argue about it. Sure, the bigots of the world (such as the KKK) will deny that they are bigots, though they chose a highly Jewish neighborhood, clearly with the intent to cause emotional distress.
Reverend Martin Luther King Jr. (a Black man) once said that people usually behave well in good times, but when times turn bad, they misbehave. Isn't that what we are observing in this messed up world? (poverty, homelessness, pollution, war, COVID, Global Warming, etc).
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Despite recent anti-Semitic comments, Jews and Black people have long been allies - CNN
According to the link above:
Nick Cannon, Desean Jackson, and Steven Jackson apologized for anti-Semitic remarks.
Jews cofounded NAACP, beat Jim Crow laws, wrote a song about the lynching of Billie Holiday, died in civil rights marches in the 1960's, etc. Martin Luther King: "Jews have supposed that they, more than any other group, could and did empathize with the plight of Blacks, and that Blacks recognized this."
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There is already a lot of racial tension RE Black Lives Matter. Blacks are very upset that it is usually a Black person on the ground getting beaten about the head by a White person in authority. Many have rebelled by attacking innocent White people, obviously with the idea that if these beatings can't be stopped somehow, then Whites will also suffer. But there are laws in place to prevent such attacks, and many policemen have been jailed over such incidents (only if caught....and catching them is rare). Perhaps there should be a list of bad cops and they should never be hired again anywhere in the US? Congress got on its knees in response to Black riots. But Blacks don't want grovelling, they want equality, and they want to be treated with the same respect and dignity as anyone else. We can't stop crime (robberies, beatings, arson, etc). Then how can we stop hate crimes? We can't. We can only act by making strong laws against it, and acting swiftly to assure that justice prevails. It won't work to defund the police because the police protect all from gangs, drugs, robberies, and murders.
New settlers in Israel were put in the disputed lands occupied as a result of the 6 day war (June 5 to June 10, 1967). After the land for peace negotiations, Ethiopians were asked to leave these occupied regions (is that the same as bigotry and kicking them out?).
Ethiopian Jews are afforded the full rights of Jews in Israel. However, due to constant attacks from Palestinians (which injures Jews, Christians, and Palestinians), Palestinians find themselves restricted.
Lets not forget that Arabs (and other nations in the Arab area, such as Iranians (who are not Arabs, by the way)) tend to rely on propaganda. Notice that the US was attacked (911), and that was based largely on propaganda. It was a war that the US didn't even know they were fighting, though the World Trade Center had been truck bombed before. Could much of the Ethiopian Jew info come from Arab sources designed to smear Jews?
Here in the Religious Forum, we are supposed to respect one another, and attempt to see the viewpoints of others. When someone comes in with such anger, it helps to talk things out.
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