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August 12, 2020

The NAACP’s Timid Reaction to Anti-Semitism in Its Ranks

Jewish organizations should boycott the group until it cuts ties with Rodney Muhammad.

Last month, Rodney Muhammad, the president of the Philadelphia chapter of the National Association for the Advancement of Colored People (NAACP) posted a crass anti-Semitic cartoon on his personal Facebook page. Despite protests from the local Jewish community—soon joined by black leaders, the Pennsylvania governor, and others—the national organization took two weeks to react. Ben Cohen considers the belated and anemic statement from the national NAACP spokeswoman, stating that the group is “saddened and deeply disappointed” and that Muhammad “now recognizes the offensive nature of the imagery” he used:

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