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There is no non-racist way to call a Black man a “monkey.” Rula Jebreal knew it in real time — she said so herself — and said it anyway. That’s not a slip. 1/4

8/9/26, 5:35 am11 reposts75 likes

zbo1.bsky.social

@zbo1.bsky.social

11 Sept

Afro Palestinians are the descendants of Sudanese slaves who were liberated by the British when they forcibly outlawed slavery among Palestinians in the 1930s. To this day many of them are referred to as abeed - slaves - and live in a part of East Jerusalem palestinians call the slave quarters.

Rabb for Congress! (PA-03)

@chrisrabb.com

8 Sept

This is what happens when anti-Black language is so normalized in political discourse that it comes out reflexively, even from people who consider themselves progressive. And it doesn’t stop with her. 2/4

Rabb for Congress! (PA-03)

@chrisrabb.com

8 Sept

It’s the host who let it pass without real pushback in the moment. It’s the commentators now rushing to reframe it. It’s the media figures excusing it as cultural ignorance rather than calling it what it is. 3/4

Rabb for Congress! (PA-03)

@chrisrabb.com

8 Sept

You can hold AIPAC and its influence to fierce account. You can disagree sharply with any elected leader’s positions. None of that requires racist language, and none of it is served by an ecosystem that keeps finding new ways to launder it. 4/4