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Thu Jan 10, 2019, 06:24 AM Jan 2019

(Jewish Group) Women's March leaders still embrace Farrakhan

(THIS IS THE JEWISH GROUP! RESPECT!!)

CHULA VISTA, California — This is my last article for now dealing with some of the challenges the Jewish and black community face in their battle against racial intolerance and Anti-Semitism.

The Women’s March demonstrated against Donald Trump at his inauguration. It was one of the largest demonstrations in recent memory. However, the leadership of the Women’s March has found itself in a quandary. Three of its co-chairs, Linda Sarsour, Carmen Perez, and Tamika Mallory, all have a close relationship with Islam’s Louis Farrakhan, who is arguably one of the best-known anti-Semites in the United States today.

For a movement that seems dedicated to fighting sexism and racism, none of these three women has dared to condemn Louis Farrakhan, who continues to exacerbate the feelings of Jews and their relationship with many of the members of the African-American community.

Here are some of the incendiary remarks Farrakhan has made:

* “To the members of the Jewish community that don’t like me, thank you very much for putting my name all over the planet because of your fear of what we represent.”

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