They hibernate and then re-emerge every couple of years to feed a perception that there is pervasive anti-Semitism in the Black community or some historical "tension" between Black people and Jews. "There is no more prejudice in the Black community around people of the Jewish faith or ethnicity than any other groups," Perry says. Blacks and Jews share a common history of oppression, said Edward Shapiro, a historian, in an essay, " Blacks and Jews Entangled ." You might assume Farrakhan has a large following in the Black community based on the attention he gets. "Some folks in the Jewish community are asking themselves when do we know an apology is sincere after somebody makes an anti-Semitic statement?"

Source: CNN July 18, 2020 04:20 UTC