Civil Rights Institute Cancels Gala Honoring Angela Davis After Outcry From Jewish Community

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Civil Rights Institute Cancels Gala Honoring Angela Davis After Outcry From Jewish Community

One of the nation’s most prominent civil rights museums has reneged on its plans to celebrate one of America’s most outspoken freedom fighters, igniting a national controversy after seemingly genuflecting to grumbles from the area’s Jewish community.

On Jan. 4, the Birmingham Civil Rights Institute released a weirdly nonspecific statement canceling its plans to bestow the institute’s highest honor upon Angela Davis, a Birmingham, Alabama, native. The ceremony was supposed to serve as the centerpiece of the museum’s annual gala, planned for Feb. 19.

According to people familiar with BCRI’s decision, the institute’s reversal is centered around the local Jewish community’s opposition with what the Associated Press describes as Davis’ support for the Boycott, Divestment, and Sanctions movement, which seeks to rectify Israel’s treatment of Palestinians. Soon after the institute announced their plans to honor Davis, Southern Jewish Life magazine published what could only be described as a “hit piece” detailing Davis’s support of policies that are often seen as anti-Israel.

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"The United States is also a one-party state but, with typical American extravagance, they have two of them." -Julius Nyerere, First President of Tanzania

[Satan]

Who cares what the Likudniks think? The Stones still love her….

"Those who make peaceful revolution impossible will make violent revolution inevitable". - John F. Kennedy

[eridani]

Want to be that they didn't consult J Street or–

–Jewish Voice for Peace?

Jesus: Hey, Dad? God: Yes, Son? Jesus: Western civilization followed me home. Can I keep it? God: Certainly not! And put it down this minute--you don't know where it's been! Tom Robbins in Another Roadside Attraction

[A Simple Game]

So civil rights are important unless you are Palestinian?

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[alcina]

That certainly seems to be the case

I’ve lost a few quasi-friends over this issue, and I’m sure they’re just as boggled by my position as I am by theirs. But what I find especially strange about my lost friendships is that the majority are not Jewish, and yet they fanatically defend Israel’s right to “protect themselves against the Muslim terrorists controlling Palestine.” And two of these people were actively involved in the anti-apartheid movement, yet they refuse to recognize the parallels. Sad and strange….

"The United States is also a one-party state but, with typical American extravagance, they have two of them." -Julius Nyerere, First President of Tanzania

[PFunk]

And RW jews/Israel firsters wonder why their losing support among blacks-especially young blacks.

Doing crap like this is the reason why.  Also funny that you mention Palestinians because many young blacks feel more solidarity with them and with Israelis.

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