Lara 'Challah Black Girl' M 🟣
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Black, Jewish, British, mother, friend & everything else beautiful in between. Living with an open heart. Blewish cockney version of Hillel. Occasional rants.
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As Black & Jewish, will my child count and be valued in both Black and Jewish communities and will they protect him from those within those spaces (including online) who believe he doesn’t?
My latest - One, Two, Here are the Blews: Shabbat shalom!
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Think about the level of confidence, entitlement and hate this person feels, and how comfortably an environment was created, to openly and brazenly wear this.
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@conorsmith
Magneto : "Are you a God-fearing man, Senator? That is such a strange phrase. I've always thought of God as a teacher; a bringer of light, wisdom, and understanding. You see, I think what you really fear is me."
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Did my girl actually erase the anti-apartheid message to do this??
I. Can. Friggin. NOT.
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These fake accounts are on a mission to do some serious damage between Black and Jewish communities. Feeding on a whiff of tension.
Report, block and always check the TLs/followers of new accounts before engaging with them.
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It's not just any old message you're erasing. It was a friggin struggle against severe and brutal legalised racism.
If you're ok with this erasure, I'm ok with telling you that no, you're not an anti-racist.
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It is fascinating that some on the left, centre, and right can not distinguish between Hamas and Palestinians, and the Israeli government and Jews.
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We've seen something similar before. We also said never again.
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Some of you are sailing far too close to antisemitic sentiments in an effort to support our Palestinian brothers and sisters. If you are or tempted, you're not helping.
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He's never had to sit down his grandparents aged between 80 & 95 or dad in his 60s with all their papers & documentation on the table whilst he checks every single piece to determine whether they're at risk of deportation/death for nothing but hate.
I have.
Not a fear. Reality.
In Nov 2018, it was reported that 11 members of the Windrush generation wrongly deported had died.
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It's nearly Chanukah so I made latkes with sour cream and applesauce today.
Listen, if they've started playing Christmas music in the shops, I can make latkes now.
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The policing of Black people's hair continues.
Swimming hats for Afro hair have been barred from the Olympics as the official body says elite athletes ‘don’t require caps of such size’.
[THREAD]
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Peach, Eid, Rosh Hashanah etc were also very different this year. Trust me, you'll be ok.
"Christmas is going to be different this year, perhaps very different"
PM Boris Johnson says it is his "hope & belief" by taking tough action now "we can allow families... to be together
He says "our priority" remains keeping people in education
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The silence of prominent Black male politicians in support of Diane Abbott and Black women is heartbreaking.
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On the streets of London.
Today.
Boldly.
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I am going to say it once again.
Please, Jewish family, stop using "if it were a Black person, then x wouldn't happen." I shouldn't have to say this over again. Make your points, which are strong enough anyway, without resorting to this formula.
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My child doesn't have to prove anything to racists just so his life is valued in the same way as a non-black child's.
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I need non-Black Jewish people such as Julianna Margulies to stop being racist whilst riding on the backs of the Jewish individuals involved in Civil Rights and anti-racist movements, *particularly* when it is highly unlikely *they* would ever be actively involved.
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There is going to be a Black-South Asian-Jewish blended vice presidental family.
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Antisemites didn't fail.
Racism and bigotry has succeeded.
If you think antisemitism doesn't flourish within that, I can't help you.
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We are going to be American Jews and have Chinese for Xmas dinner.
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In my talk on being a Black Jewish mother today, the following was enacted when a questioner asked me where I stand on Israel-Palestine:
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There was an event, in Charlottesville I think, where people chanted about not being replaced by a specific minority group...does anyone remember which event it was..?
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"Tell me how x is racist"
PoC explains including the harm
"That isn't really racist. Maybe you are too sensitive / said the wrong thing / took it the wrong way"
[Or none of these, just ignores]
True story
Part of the violence of being a POC is being repeatedly asked to relive the racism you experience so that white people can understand it and then having them vocally refuse to listen to anything you are telling them
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It took how many years to get Katie Hopkins off. Come on now. Let's not veer into versions of "if it were any other community..." again.
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People realise that Balfour drove the Aliens Act 1905 through the UK Parliament, which had an objective of controlling Jewish immigration from Eastern Europe, right?
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It's election day. This morning, I kissed and cuddled my little Blew goodbye at the school gate. I bent down and said, "Today is a special day, bubby. Me, Aunty M and other adults are doing what we can for your future."
His reply:
"Did
You
Get
The
Challah
Bread?"
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No, my child. You *cannot* blow your replica shofar to signal that you're going to bed.
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When the response to the reveal that you're Jewish is, "oh, you don't look like Jewish..."
So, what do Jewish women look like?
Narrator:
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If you, as a Jewish person, ever feel the urge to say this to a Black Jew, Jew of Colour or generally another Jewish person, pause. Take a breath. Don't do it.
(The tweet below wasn't sent to me. It was sent to another Black Jew I follow)
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Guess what.
Jewish people can be Jewish *and* support the rights of Palestinians. I know it's hard for some to understand. Anyway, follow
@NaamodUK
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This person (EB) is truly harmful to Black Jews.
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What is the one thing you love about being Jewish?
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There's something therapeutic about all of the
#Chanukah
candles lit. I never want to go out within me, within us.
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JTwitter: I'm alive. I've been resting. I'm still coughing and very tired. The little Blew is fine too. I haven't seen messages etc until now and terribly sorry for any worry caused.
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This is why I've never accepted JK Rowling 'allyship' on antisemitism. I'm yet to understand why people including cast members stayed silent. There is a six pointed star on the floor of the bank in the first film. Maybe I missed the apologies, acknowledgment and reflections.
So
@jonstewart
recently broke Hollywood's complete silence on
@jk_rowling
unapologetically maintaining antisemitic folklore through Harry Potter.
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There is unique. Then there are legends. 😔 Bill Withers
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I've briefly opened Twitter to find out I'm a contradiction.
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Whilst the US honour MLK today, here in the UK we must remember and acknowledge the victims of the New Cross fire attack, 40 years today. Riddled with racism, it still hasn't been solved with no justice. The activism it propelled must be continued by all.
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Once again, I need to make this *very* clear.
I do not care how angry or hurt you are, do not "if it were another minority group, it would be different" if you are not from that group to have that lived experience. It is disrespectful erasure, offensive and insensitive.
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There's something quite troubling about the glaring lack of solidarity that comes from Labour's white presenting feminist MPs towards Labour's Black and Brown women. It's very troubling indeed.
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My baby was delivered on Thursday. I had so much fun with her today. She is so beautiful and amazing.
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At work, the high holidays have been special this year. I am very open and loud about being Jewish. Slowly yet surely, non-Black Jews in other departments have publicly exchanged greetings for our holidays, brought honey cake in, and be who they are in the open.
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You can't unsee what is happening in East Jerusalem. You cannot ignore it either. I hope British Jewish communal organisations and leaders speak up.
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You have *got* to be kidding me.
Why is my child wearing *my* sleep mask?
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@maxsparber
and others put in the hard work to raise the alarm about these accounts. It's draining and relentless.
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My little Black and Jewish child is singing and it's the most wonderful thing to hear. ❤
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*I* know the point Diane Abbott attempted to make was whiteness and how structural racism plays itself out. A Black Jew and a visibly-white Jew *are* treated differently. Yet even the use of *Jew* in the letter automatically erased non-white Jews. People need to sit down because
This is what I need from Black or Jewish people, either in or supporters of the Labour Party or generally opining: unless you are both Black and Jewish, do *not* take it upon yourself to equivocate a lived experience or historical comparison of racism or whether your part counts.
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They see us.
They all finally see us.
In future, we will be seen, not just as a talking point on racism and anti-blackness, but as the leaders, parents, activists and inspirations among many other things that we are within our British Jewish communities.
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Please give it a rest and give us a break.
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This is one of the most friggin tone deaf responses to doing something offensive that I've seen. Reaching for backup from the Torygraph...I...
If you follow me and are her friend, I suggest you talk to her.
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Logging on to see what happened in Hampstead. First, my heart sank. Then my defiance stirred. Because this is designed to intimidate & instill fear, anguish, hate. Whoever did this, I don't fear you nor hate you. I feel sorry for your miserable life that is not as blessed as mine
UK: anti-Semitic graffiti on walls all over Hampstead and Belsize Park this morning
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@admiralmpj
1. Black Jews and Jews of Colour exist.
2. We are a peoplehood,
3. Challah is the best thing since sliced bread.
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Walking into 5782: facing the year ahead with pride in oneself, in community and in love with the good we can make happen for and with our future. Shana tovah ❤
#RoshHashanah
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The one thing I ask of British Twitter is to refrain from using the phrase, "what have we become," when, for much of us, the UK has always been this way and continues to be. It just hasn't affected you and a better reflection is, why.
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It is not good to hear that Black Jews are feeling or experiencing rejection and negative behaviour from Black communities at this time. It is not ok when Jewish communities do it, and it is definitely not ok when Black communities do it either. Fix up.
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Dear non-Black British Jews (and even US ones opining on the issue), this is actually our reality right now. It is not a fear. It. Is. Right. Now.
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Racism never went away. The far right never disappeared.
It was just adapted and bubbled whilst hidden in plain sight. It was given a platform by the media and politicians.
Do you believe us now?
Whitehall is now blocked off by police. This happened moments ago:
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This is one of the most friggin tone deaf responses to doing something offensive that I've seen. Reaching for backup from the Torygraph...I...
If you follow me and are her friend, I suggest you talk to her.
Did my girl actually erase the anti-apartheid message to do this??
I. Can. Friggin. NOT.
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Co-sign.
Unfortunately I stopped listening when the other woman spoke. Her argument against the presence of antiblack racism in the UK was...well, the handling of Labour antisemitism.
Ma'am, at least reach for Labour's questionable handing of antiblackness if you're serious.
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I don't know why
@ukblm
thought it was necessary to get involved in this. Whoever is running their social media account just stepped into a distraction lane. Well done.
As Israel moves forward with the annexation of the West Bank, and mainstream British politics is gagged of the right to critique Zionism, and Israel’s settler colonial pursuits, we loudly and clearly stand beside our Palestinian comrades.
FREE PALESTINE.
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Someone, *please* stop my ex mother in law or delete her WhatsApp for me. She's been sending these to me all day.
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I'm not going to tweet the link to the vile article in the Jewish Chronicle. All I can say is less than a week after a sigh of relief was exhaled, the JC has published something which gives the impression that it's fair game to be racist to our Muslim brothers & sisters.
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Again, I've been asked to clarify my 'loyalty' to one set of people or the other: the Black *or* Jewish.
Again, if my 'loyalty' requires assignment, it is to my child.
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The people replacing the Star of David with swastikas frigging need to stop. I do not care for the reasons why or explanations. I could never be in the presence of people who are fine with it.
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To my Black community, I can only apologise to you for this insensitivity being displayed by some parts of my other community. Trust me, there are many from the Jewish community where social justice, social action and respect for others are values they live by every day.
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It truly annoys me when people speak about "race" and also erase the existence of Black Jews and Jews of Colour with such precise certainty.
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The people coming out the 48 hour boycott within 12 hours of it's initiation to say "i'm doing but I just wanted to say..." are literally killing me 🤭
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It was a friggin complex picture as these struggles are. Read a friggin Black History book.
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I'm muting everyone who declares they're ready for Pesach.
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For frig's sake, I know our British accents sounds delicate to the ear yet Jonathan Glazer said he refutes his Jewishness being hijacked for what is happening *and* specifically mentioned victims of Oct 7 in Israel. His emphasis was about learning where dehumanisation can lead.
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Today, I turned the tables and asked a non-Black Jew if they were *really* Jewish. The splutter amused me.
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So let me get this straight.
There is a serious belief that people intentionally convert to Judaism simply to critique Zionism and/or the Israeli government? Is this where we are?
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This is East London, just down the road from me. If it wasn't clear before, it's dark times. What a time to be non-white in the UK, and closer to home in London.
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I LOVE him! He truly understands why I was homeless at 13 (no fault of my own), lived on my own at 15 whilst doing my GCSEs, went to 6th form & had to work 3 jobs, do homework by candlelight then couldn't go to university bc I would've lost my home & had to go straight to work
Ben Shapiro: "If you had to work more than one job to have a roof over your head or food on the table, you probably shouldn't have taken the job that's not paying you enough. That'd be a you problem"
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I'm too exhausted to talk about Whoopi and the related discourse anymore. I'm going to sit over here with my Black Jewish self and simply nod.
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One hopes I only need to say this once, at least for a few weeks: when you say Jewish *or* Black as part of your take, you are excluding those who are *both.*
I get it: you see Jewish as white-skinned. You see Black as Christian or at a push, Muslim. It is still erasure.
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Today, I was able to use the phrase, "My name is not the Israeli government," in response to a question. I think they understand now. 🤭
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Is *anyone* ready for Rosh Hashanah and Yom Kip??
No fibbing.
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Just in case it wasn't clear: antisemitism doesn't have an ethnicity or a political leaning. Because some aren't quite clear about that.
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Please give a Black woman, Stacy Abrams, the credit *she* deserves.
Georgia is getting closer to flipping from red to blue. That would be a big victory for Democrats and evidence of the demographic shifts that analysts have been talking about.
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When are we going to have a *serious* conversation about these far right teenagers including who is radicalising them? Whilst certain outlets and commentators are obsessed with "BLM are marxists" takes, the real threat is likely to be among them.
Breaking: A teenager who planned to build a weapons storage bunker for attacks by a far-right group has been convicted of terror offences
Matthew Cronjager, 18, worked towards obtaining 3D-printed guns, as well as a shipment of firearms from Europe
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I wonder how many women are standing up for women this week and today stand up for *all* women including trans women.
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@chakrabortty
Let's be honest. This attitude never went away. It was just dormant and waiting to be woken up at the right time.
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A few weeks ago, Tommy R0binson posted a video on here literally inciting a call to arms race war. Scores of his people turned up in London & other places to disrupt BLM protests & looking to fight.
Where was your energy, personally and professionally?
The antisemitic posts from Wiley are abhorrent.
They should not have been able to remain on Twitter and Instagram for so long and I have asked them for a full explanation.
Social media companies must act much faster to remove such appalling hatred from their platforms.
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Clap for them on a Thursday, invoice them on a Friday.
Priti Patel's review of NHS surcharge paid by international healthcare staff working in the NHS, so they can access the NHS treatments they work to provide, seems to have concluded that it's a good thing and must stay.
And that the charge should increase.
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And? What's your point?
Harvey Weinstein’s lawyers say he’ll die behind bars if sentenced to more than five years
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To the twit who is such a big man DMing to call me a zionist bi*ch for daring to say Corbyn's interview with the Canary is problematic: happy to meet you at the Hackney Tesco car park to say this to my face. Of course, whether you go home with your teeth is another matter.
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Yes! People used to comment, "ahhh, your son is half black and half Jewish." To which my response is always, "No, he's Black and Jewish."
"My children aren't half Athabascan or half Filipino. They're 100% Filipino & 100% Athabascan...when we really think about it, it doesn't make sense that me plus my wife equals half. One plus one does not equal half. Racism is so insidious that it got us distorting basic math."
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If you feel so big and righteous about wearing this, please turn up at my shul or any shul with Black Jewish members. Or better yet, Notting Hill Carnival.
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