The Women’s March Has An Anti-Semitism Problem, And So Much More
At the Nation of Islam’s 2018 Saviours’ Day Address, the organization’s leader Louis Farrakhan took the stage to attack “that Satanic Jew.” Farrakhan—who once praised Hitler as a “very great man” and said God put Jews in the ovens—called Jews “the mother and father of apartheid,” and declared that “when you want something in this world, the Jew holds the door.”
Sitting in the crowd, clapping along with other attendees, was the co-founder of the Women’s MarchTamika Mallory.
Mallory was shredded for her support for Farrakhan. After over a week of radio silence, the March finally put out a statement that can best be described as tepid, saying it was “not aligned” with Farrakhan’s views but neglecting to condemn the man himself.
Other statements from Mallory were equally noncommittal and still expressed affinity for the Nation of Islam. “It was the women of the Nation of Islam who supported me and I have always held them close to my heart for that reason,” Mallory wrote in an open letter that didn’t even mention Farrakhan.
At the Nation of Islam’s 2018 Saviours’ Day Address, the organization’s leader Louis Farrakhan took the stage to attack “that Satanic Jew.” Farrakhan—who once praised Hitler as a “very great man” and said God put Jews in the ovens—called Jews “the mother and father of apartheid,” and declared that “when you want something in this world, the Jew holds the door.” Sitting in the crowd, clapping along with other attendees, was the co-founder of the Women’s MarchTamika Mallory. Mallory was shredded for her support for Farrakhan. After over a week of radio silence, the March finally put out a statement that can best be described as tepid, saying it was “not aligned” with Farrakhan’s views but neglecting to condemn the man himself.