As YWN reported this past Monday, many elected officials gathered to denounce NYC Councilman Charles Barron’s long track record of Anti-Semitic, and hateful rhetoric against people of various backgrounds – and his antagonistic stance towards Israel. Among those attending and speaking were former NYC Mayor Koch, Councilman Greenfield, Congressman Jerrold Nadler, Assemblyman Dov Hikind, Assemblywoman Helene Weinstein, Assemblyman Steven Cymbrowitz, Councilman Mike Nelson and a number of community leaders.
On the day after the press conference, a blog called “The Local“, which is a blog hosted by the NY Times website, posted a photo of the gathering of politicians with the caption “A lot of white people condemning a black person”. It then listed the group of politicians.
The blog post also made sure to write about these “self-proclaimed supporters of Israel [who] headed to the Museum of Jewish Heritage to condemn would-be Congressman Charles Barron for a life of anti-Israel rhetoric”.
The story fails to mention (among many other examples) that Charles Barron, the “black person” that the “group of white people condemned”, famously said that nothing would give him greater pleasure than walking down the street and slapping the first white man he saw.
Yes, this is the group of “white people” who stood up to a racist, anti-white, anti-Semitic hate monger.
It should be noted that the headline of this blog post originally said “A lot of white people condemning a black person”. It was soon changed, but still listed as a caption under the photo.
This is highly offensive and totally unacceptable from a news organization affiliated with The New York Times.
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Charles Katz is an attorney practicing criminal law in New York.
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Hmm, I wonder what the caption would be if the photo were of a lot of black people condemning a white person.
Milhouse
Caption would read: “Blacks Express Outrage Over Racist Comments.”
Blacks get a “pass” on hating whites (and Hispanics and as Asians, etc) and Democrats get a “pass” on hating Jews. A black Democrat? He gets a “pass” on hating anyone
he wants (except Muslims — no one is allowed to hate them)
seems like lately ywn’s race stories are aimed at confusing the public about the definition of race with precision.
#3
What is confusing? If you oppose Barron “just because you’re white and he’s black” as the caption (“A lot of white people condemning a black person”) implies, rather on on substantive issues (like being an anti-semitic BLEEP), then that WOULD be the very definition of racism.
Ergo, this story is correct: The NYT blog IS trying to spin opposition to Barron as racism.
Same tactic the media/left uses to difuse and dismiss opposition to Obama: “you just hate the idea of a black man in the white house.” No, I oppose Obama because I hate the idea of a MARXIST in the white house.
The truly ironic (and unmentioned, of course, by the NYT) part of this story is that his opponent in the primary is ALSO black.
No Jew should pay money to buy the NY Times. If you must read it, take it out of trash can.
There is no secret that the left is extremely racist. They just cover it up with “feelings.” Throughout history when there was anything pertaining to civil rights, the right was leading the way and people like Robert KKK Byrd were holding them back.