The Jewish Activist Behind the Black Lives Matter Platform Calling Israel’s Treatment of Palestinians 'Genocide’ - Americas - Haaretz - Israel News Haaretz.com
“I started thinking more about how important it is for us to stand in
solidarity with Palestinian people. ... We are never going to get free
in the U.S. if the rest of the world is in chains.”
Gilmer’s father is African-American, her mother is Jewish and she
herself was raised as a Jew. But Gilmer told Haaretz that she no longer
identifies as Jewish because “I was somewhat scarred by my experience”
growing up as a biracial Jew. “I got called Aunt Jemima. I had a lot of
internalized racism. When I became politicized around my race, I became
very angry,” she said.
To be clear and to reiterate:
The Jews of Color Caucus, organized in partnership with Jewish Voice
for Peace, is in solidarity and co-resistance with the Movement for
Black Lives http://jocsm.org/jews-of-color-caucus-statement-in-solidar…/ -
Jewish Voice for Peace endorses the Movement for Black Lives platform in its entirety, without reservation.
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