Wright On The Edge Discusses The Differences And Similarities Between Blacks And Jews

“The segregationists and racists make no fine distinction between the Negro and the Jew.” Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr.

The story of Black-Jewish relations in the US is a long and complex one. Jews were among those who worked to establish the NAACP in 1909 and African-American newspapers were among the first in the US to denounce Nazism. During the Civil Rights movement, Blacks and Jews fought together for equal rights. With the waning of that movement, differences in economic status caused both groups to turn inward. Positions hardened around such divisive issues as affirmative action in the schools, Louis Farrakhan’s anti-Semitism, even Jewish influence in Hollywood.

Join Wendy Wright this Saturday for an open and honest discussion about the Jewish and Black experience in America. Your comments and questions are encouraged and welcome. Talk just got interesting!

Wright On The Edge, Saturday from 1-3pm on WOL and streaming live at woldcnews.com

he story of Black-Jewish relations in the United States is a long and complex one…. Jews were among those who worked to establish the NAACP in 1909. African-American newspapers were among the first in the U.S. to denounce Nazism.