I am sorry you are hurting. And as I noted in the article, I have definitely also seen a disturbing amount of non-Black folks in general using punitive language to refer to Kanye in ways that they haven't for white people who have misbehaved. But to paint *all* Jewish people or the entire nature of the relations between Black and Jewish people as hateful or even simply not "real" (and as noted in the article, to also ignore how the very large intersection of Black Jewish people factor into this) based on the disappointing language of some of the Jewish people you know or follow is honestly really upsetting.

I don't know if you read the whole article or just saw the title and had a strong feeling to respond. And as a Black person in this white supremacist country, you have every right to be vigilant about how language is weaponized to subjugate Black people. But as I noted in the article, the pitting of Black and Jewish people against each other is literally one of the most antiquated and successful tools of white supremacy to sustain itself.

Here I am, a Jewish person, showing up and condemning Donald Trump and Marjorie Taylor Greene and any and every other person who is filled with hatred for any group of people -- regardless of whether they're white and regardless or which group they're targeting-- but I (and the many, many Jews I know that you clearly do not who are committed to justice and liberation for all) am not enough to demonstrate any kind of "real alliance."

Pain creates blindspots for many of us. I have no doubt that you've encountered Jewish people who have hurt you or behaved in harmful, bigoted ways. But when you turn that pain around to generalize about all Jewish people, a minority that is also deeply threatened by white supremacy, a group of people who also can react and behave out of pain and fear of being wiped out, you aren't being constructive to say the very least.

While I personally wish you well, I don't care whether or not you as an individual think there's any "real" alliance; I've seen many, many examples of not only the necessity of this alliance, but genuine hope. Is there work to do? Absolutely. But it's there, whether you think so or not.

If you are genuinely interested in being exposed to Jewish people who are actively calling out white supremacy in all forms, I'm happy to direct you to many folks on here and on Instagram. Better yet, I'd advise you to stop generalizing about entire groups of people based on seeing a few nasty comments from some. You'll see that I myself, a Jewish person, have written many articles on here that center deconstructing white supremacy (including how the death penalty disproportionately targets Black and Brown people in America, a Cliff's Notes of The New Jim Crow just so people can more readily access the information, and many more). But I am not trying to prove anything about being a "good one" or anything like that; I'm trying to say that your words are powerful, and although I am sensing valid pain in them, you've come here to something heartfelt and hopeful that I wrote in spite of that pain to invalidate it without providing anything other than anecdotal sweeping generalizations about Jewish people to back that up. I hope you reflect on that, because I would never use a handful of Candace Owens and Clarence Thomas types of Black people to project any kind of image onto all Black people.

Jews are diverse, just like Black people (and like I said, there are literally many Black Jews who are all the more hurt by this kind of rhetoric). Generalizations hurt everybody. Take care.