“And thirdly...why?

Given that racists hate Jews as an ethnicity rather than as a religious group per se (Jews don’t get to join the Klan even if they are Baptists, for example), I don’t think your rationale of “avoiding discussing religion because all religion is bad” sounds very plausible.

Why doesn’t The Root find somebody who’s both Black and Jewish to cover issues where those two identities intersect? Wouldn’t that be more representative? I for one would definitely welcome commentary from that perspective.

It seems a little disingenuous to say that you didn’t discuss Nick’s anti-Semitism because you “believe all religions are stupid, bigoted and promote violence” because you don’t shy away from discussing people’s Islamophobic comments (e.g. ex-Miss Michigan). It’s not like anti-Semites and Islamophobes generally care…

“I was reluctant to wade into the morass of a conversation about religion”

Jews are both an ethnic group and a religion. I’m pretty sure that various Russian rulers and Hitler (and Europeans, and so on and so on) were not checking schul membership status when they killed and oppressed Jews.

Given the shit promises I have heard recruiters tell young stupid teens, it would not surprise me if they told them they would get 40 virgins in heaven if they die for the US army.

Condemn Drew Brees and downplay anti semitism. A lot of us Jews who have been fighting alongside BLM are seriously being tossed aside rn.

As a Jewish woman, it is so damn disheartening to see so many black people defending all this anti-semitism. These Jewish conspiracy theories are dangerous. If I can call out fellow Jews for their racism, why the hell can’t you call out anti-semitic black people? I don't care whether it's a klansman or a black…

Jews ≠ white people.

Michael Harriot can’t couch his ‘take’ in the context of Cannon’s antisemitism.

Why did you leave out the anti-Semitic comments?

Leaving out the antisemitism is disingenuous. Just so we’re clear, Nick Cannon agreed with the antisemitic conspiracy theory of Jews controlling the media.

He cosigned the statement that “Jews are wicked” and responsible for “the majority of wickedness that goes on around the globe” and expressed concern that the Jews have so much power that “they” turn into “Illuminati, the Zionists, and the Rothschilds”.

Yeah I disagreed with some of her views at the time but it has been half a decade. Imagine getting mad in 2020 about what candidates said in the 2014 midterm election.

This streamers are complicit in a us army propaganda campaign, so no.

Listen to Dave Ramsey a bit. Sure, you can pick apart his advice and find examples where his advice may not be the best. What you will find when you listen to him for awhile is that people call over-and-over who have financed shitty cars (like horrible Fiat/Chrysler products) that have worn out or broken down long…

Here’s an article about it for folks who wanna learn more, but actual content warning this thread leads to some really upsetting stuff involving minors.

This game is Dan. My daughter now gets her toothbrush herself and excitedly asks to play every morning.

Office Space and Fight Club are the same, to me