Brigette Lundy-Paine Instagram – Angela Y. Davis in conversation hosted by @blackwomenradicals talking about the radical Jewish organizations (she mentions @jewishvoiceforpeace @ifnotnoworg ) that have been at the forefront of asking the US to end its support of Israel and the IDF. Davis talks about how the Black radical tradition has always been, as Audre Lorde says, about learning “how to live in harmony with our contradictions”
Davis goes on to say, “We have to be clear about the nature of anti-semitism and it’s kinship with racism and xenophobia. We insist that we cannot embrace anti-racist and anti-xenophobic traditions without also embracing struggles against anti-semitism. And to be consistent in our opposition to anti-semitism we have to speak out against the dehumanizing characterization of the Palestinians by representatives of the IDF and the Israeli government.”
It’s important to hold this complexity in our minds and hearts even as we are overwhelmed by emotions and feelings of betrayal and outrage from all perspectives. We must remember that we are fighting for the freedom of ALL people. Not one over another. We are all fighting against the same oppressive forces. And we must be in solidarity, “in harmony with our contradictions” in order to do so.
(p.s. the video freezes halfway through but you can still hear. you can also watch the whole conversation in the bio of @blackwomenradicals which is both captioned sign language interpreted) | Posted on 26/Oct/2023 23:44:30
