Farrakhan? Yeah. He's a weirdo. Nation of Islam is his joint, and he's pretty famously anti-Semitic. Now, some of the women's groups pointed out that they felt he was still due some respect from his earlier activism, when he was one of the few Black leaders with neighborhood ties who was doing street level work with his organization, but (IMO) he's long descended into crankdom. Plus, white women demanding Black women denounce a Black man is a fraught subject.
Farrakhan? Yeah. He's a weirdo. Nation of Islam is his joint, and he's pretty famously anti-Semitic. Now, some of the women's groups pointed out that they felt he was still due some respect from his earlier activism, when he was one of the few Black leaders with neighborhood ties who was doing street level work with his organization, but (IMO) he's long descended into crankdom. Plus, white women demanding Black women denounce a Black man is a fraught subject.
And they still did it and were endorsed by 9 separate rabbis, And it still wasn't enough to prevent schism by chuddy folks
https://www.jpost.com/American-Politics/On-Womens-March-Sarsour-rejects-Farrakhans-antisemitism-defends-BDS-578056