Defenders of Farrakhan take on the lies and liars......Nylah Burton...

To My Black Brothers And Sisters:

I truly don’t understand how anyone in a position of social justice leadership could support or excuse Louis Farrakhan (I refuse to grant him the honorific of Minister), and it makes me incredibly angry. I also don’t understand how people in the black community continue to support him. This, too, makes me incredibly angry.

Hold on. I’m going to stop you right there. Before you “educate” me on all Farrakhan has done for black people, let me assure you that I am aware and informed. Whatever he’s done, it does not and should not change one damn thing. He is a misogynistic, anti-Semitic, anti-LGBTQ fountain of nonsensical hate. His anti-semitism has earned him respect by the former leader of the Ku Klux Klan, and he’s entertained the idea of collaborating with them. He’s praised Donald Trump for “[standing] in front of some of the members of the Jewish community and [telling] them to their face ‘I don’t want your money.’

I guess it’s not easy to notice anti-Semitism when the Jewish people around you are screaming their throats hoarse and bloody, trying to get you to see them — and to see what’s happening to us, Black Jews. I guess it’s not easy to understand Jewish fear, when anti-Jewish bias is the motivation for 62% of religious hate crimes. I guess it’s not easy to comfort your Jewish friends who worry for their safety.