Black, Jewish, British, mother, friend & everything else beautiful in between. Living with an open heart.
Blewish cockney version of Hillel.
Occasional rants.
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!
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.
@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."
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
"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
There can be a slight Ashkenazi or European lens on Jewish history that swallows and erases the diverse history of all Jewish people. For example, Jewish Caribbean people were not kicked out.
“We are a people that has been kicked out of every place we’ve ever lived for 2000 years. Every. Single. Place.”
- Jewish Florida State Rep. Randy Fine
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.
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.
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..?
"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
Wiley's still going. And
@twitter
, in its failure to act, when they act pretty fast in suspensions normally, enhances and intensifies the idea that hate speech against Jews is a lesser, more insignificant form of the category, maybe not hate speech at all.
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?
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?"
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)
Anti-racists, let us not do 'If it were Jewish people,' rhetoric. It exposes a lack of knowledge that the far right hate Jews and will use us to achieve their aims and, importantly, that Black and Brown Jews exist. Babes, they will beat my Black Jewish backside as much as yours.
If Jewish people were being pulled from their cars and beaten, beaten up in parks, and having acid thrown at them, there would be armed police on the streets, Keir Starmer would have called a Cobra meeting, and it would be 24/7 rolling coverage around the globe. And rightly so.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
*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.
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.
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
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.
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?
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.
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.
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
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
@rachshabi
I am disappointed that Harriet Harman blamed her. It is very disappointing to suggest that she could have stayed in the party and fought from the inside.
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?
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.
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.
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"
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
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.
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.