April Baskin
The fact that someone who’s currently sitting in Congress seriously peddled this antisemitic conspiracy isn’t a joking matter to me.
The fact that someone who’s currently sitting in Congress seriously peddled this antisemitic conspiracy isn’t a joking matter to me.
My Jewish farming journey pointed me back home to the South, and made me long to put down roots in the place that, as a Jewish teenager, I could not wait to leave.
Visibly Jewish people bearing the violent brunt of the story told about all Jews: that we are the ultimate source of people's suffering.
Oh yes, yes, the anti-semitism on the left does hurt and scare me more.
I wonder: is a mass movement of women of all religious beliefs, colors, ages, sexuality and classes, standing up against our racist, misogynist administration being threatened by petty politics?
I believe that the New York Times is the story, in fact, and not Alice Walker. How could they let her bigotry slip through the cracks?
The narrative must be ours, and I say it is the story of living, together, with others, as the best revenge. We are honored by the support of others. We are made more human with our support for them in turn. It is when we stand with others that we are all best seen.