Women’s March co-president Tamika Mallory suggested during an interview on Friday that Jews are white supremacists as she attempted to defend herself against well-documented allegations of anti-Semitism.
Mallory, who made the remarks while on PBS’s “Firing Line with Margaret Hoover,” recently defended calling notorious anti-Semite Louis Farrakhan the “greatest of all time.”
During the interview, Mallory refused to state that Israel had the right to exist and even suggested that Jews were white Supremacists.
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“The Women’s March openly embraced the anti-Semitism it has been repeatedly accused of Saturday, with leaders openly embracing the Boycott, Divestment, Sanctions (BDS) movement from the Women’s March podium, and issuing a new manifesto, released to coincide with the Washington, D.C., signature event, excoriating Congress and state legislators for condemning the BDS movement,” The Daily Wire reported.
Far-left activist and Women’s March leader Linda Sarsour expressed support for BDS during the event as Mallory looked on and applauded.
Partial transcript of the exchange provided via PBS:
HOOVER: Let me ask you about another charge when you’re dealing with a diverse movement and different groups of people, because there have been some claims that the Women’s March has been insufficiently inclusive of Jewish women.
MALLORY: Mm-hmm.
HOOVER: You were quoted in ‘The New York Times.’ Tell me if the quote is right.
‘We learned a lot about how, while white Jews, as white people, uphold white supremacy, all Jews are targeted by it.’MALLORY: So, first of all, that was an organizational statement.
HOOVER: Okay. So, that’s not your statement. That’s by the —
MALLORY: It was an organizational statement that was written by a number of people — Jewish folks, black women, white women, just every– You know, if I was saying that, out of my mouth, I would’ve said, ‘All white-skinned individuals, including Jewish women, anyone who has white skin in America is able to benefit from white privilege, and white privilege is, in fact, a part of white supremacy.’
HOOVER: When you talk about Jews upholding white supremacy, I mean, there are white supremacists in this country who target Jews.
MALLORY: Absolutely.
HOOVER: I mean, we just had a Tree of Life Synagogue shooting where a white supremacist went into a synagogue and killed 11 Jews…
MALLORY: Horrific.
HOOVER: …citing the Jewish community’s interest in supporting refugees.
MALLORY: Yeah.
HOOVER: So when you accuse Jews of upholding white supremacy, it feels and seems inappropriate in the context of this mass white-supremacist slaughter in a synagogue.
MALLORY: Well, if you want to put it in the context of that particular issue or that incident, which is a horrific incident in American history, then that’s fine. But if you want to talk about the overall context of how we exist in America, then I think it makes perfect sense.
HOOVER: Let’s do both.
MALLORY: I mean, it doesn’t change. The bottom line is that, people who have white skin, including white Jews, benefit from white privilege. I mean, even Jewish people say that.