Journalist Marc Lamont Hill reacted to a social media post by a Black Lives Matter chapter in Chicago earlier this month that received significant backlash online.
The now-deleted post on X, the website previously known as Twitter, showed the figure of a person with a parachute with a Palestinian flag attached to it over a legend that read, “I stand with Palestine,” according to a screenshot from the New York Post.
“That is all that is it!” the caption said.
BLM Chicago — one of many organizations using the Black Lives Matter slogan — was criticized for the post, which came after Hamas, a militant group, used paragliders during their surprise deadly attack on an Israeli music festival in early October that left hundreds dead. The BLM group appeared to apologize for the graphic the next day. However, the Anti-Defamation League made a public statement about the organization and other independent groups for their “support for Hamas’ invasion.”
ADL CEO Jonathan Greenblatt took to Twitter to address his concerns.
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“The post shared in recent days by BLM chapters in Chicago & LA & other fringe groups, glorifying the Hamas terrorists who used hang gliders to infiltrate Israel, slaughtering over 1,000 innocents, is beyond sick & twisted. It’s antisemitic, dehumanizing & could prompt violence,” Greenblatt wrote in a lengthy thread on Oct. 11.
During a sit-down with “The Breakfast Club,” radio personality DJ Envy asked Hill about his opinion on the BLM organization’s post.
“I thought that was in poor taste. I don’t want to…
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