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The Breakdown with Shaun King

Ep. - 478 - My honest, transparent thoughts on anti-Semitism

The Breakdown with Shaun King

The North Star

News, Society & Culture

4.812.6K Ratings

🗓️ 9 July 2021

⏱️ 37 minutes

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Summary

On this re-run episode, I take a moment to really share my heart and soul about anti-Semitism. I also want to tackle the questions I have received about why more Black people are not fighting against it right now. I think I understand at least part of the answer. It's capacity. Let me unpack and explain it.

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Hey everybody, I'm going to try to spend a little bit of time today talking about

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the actual rise of anti-Semitism, anti-Jewish sentiment,

0:43.0

not just around the country but around the world,

0:46.0

and how easy it is for many of us to say things,

0:51.0

to do things that might actually be anti-Jewish

0:56.0

and not even really understand it.

0:59.0

I'm going to tell some of my story, I'm going to take a real risk here,

1:02.0

because a lot of people are afraid to even speak openly about this issue

1:12.0

because they are afraid they too will be labeled anti-Semitic.

1:17.0

And I've seen that happen, and I want to talk about that as well.

1:20.0

It's a complicated conversation, and I want to unpack and explain why.

1:25.0

This is Sean King, and you were listening to...

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The Breakdown.

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The Breakdown.

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