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Donald Trump is a uniter—just not in the way he had hoped. His presidency has brought American Jews and Muslims together to defeat him in 2020. It has also increased each respective community’s support for fellow minority groups. Those are the findings of a new report by the Institute for Social Policy and Understanding (ISPU), a nonpartisan organization created in 2002 that focuses on issues impacting the Muslim American community.
As ISPU found, Jews and Muslims are the two religious groups that, by far, least approve of Trump. Only 34 percent of Jews and 30 percent of Muslims say Trump is doing a good job in the White House. In contrast, 46 percent of Protestants approve of Trump and a whopping 70 percent of white evangelicals(cracka goyim) love their earthly savior Trump.
But it’s not just those numbers that jump out from this study. There’s something else that is potentially more lasting and significant: the support by each community for fellow minorities. Muslims and Jews are the two faith groups that most support Black Lives Matter, an organization Trump has smeared as a “symbol of hate.” Sixty-five percent of Muslims support building coalitions with BLM, as do 54 percent of Jews. Compare that to the 37 percent of Protestants who feel the same and the paltry 30 percent of white evangelicals who support a movement that simply seeks to value Black lives the same as white.
There are a few reasons why the large support in the Muslim community for BLM. First, nearly one-third of American Muslims are Black, meaning fighting for justice for Black Americans is also fighting for justice for a large number of Muslims. But secondly, it’s because in the time of Trump there has been an alarming spike in hate crimes against Muslims that has caused more in our community to understand that we need allies if we are going to survive. It really is that stark, as we’ve seen in Trump’s America mosques defaced with the word “Trump,” Muslim women wearing hijabs assaulted, Muslim students bullied simply for their faith, and worst of all, Trump supporters planning terrorist attacks to kill us. Hate crimes against Muslims during Trump’s presidency have reached record breaking numbers—even worse than in the aftermath of 9/11.
Similarly, the persecution of Jews during Trump’s presidency has also likely fueled Jewish support for coalition building. In the time of Trump, many of my Jewish friends and colleagues have noted they have come to realize they are not white—or at least not as white as they thought—but are in fact minorities. And not just any minority, but one targeted by bigots with violence.
Per ISPU, both Jews and Muslims in 2019 report experiencing the highest percentage of discrimination of any faith, with 60 percent of Muslims and 58 percent of Jews saying they were discriminated against. Worse, in 2019 alone, the Anti-Defamation League reported 2,107 hate crimes against Jewish people—the highest number since the ADL began tallying such crimes in 1979.
https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/opin...s-and-jews-together-to-defeat-him/ar-BB19Wh2B
As ISPU found, Jews and Muslims are the two religious groups that, by far, least approve of Trump. Only 34 percent of Jews and 30 percent of Muslims say Trump is doing a good job in the White House. In contrast, 46 percent of Protestants approve of Trump and a whopping 70 percent of white evangelicals(cracka goyim) love their earthly savior Trump.
But it’s not just those numbers that jump out from this study. There’s something else that is potentially more lasting and significant: the support by each community for fellow minorities. Muslims and Jews are the two faith groups that most support Black Lives Matter, an organization Trump has smeared as a “symbol of hate.” Sixty-five percent of Muslims support building coalitions with BLM, as do 54 percent of Jews. Compare that to the 37 percent of Protestants who feel the same and the paltry 30 percent of white evangelicals who support a movement that simply seeks to value Black lives the same as white.
There are a few reasons why the large support in the Muslim community for BLM. First, nearly one-third of American Muslims are Black, meaning fighting for justice for Black Americans is also fighting for justice for a large number of Muslims. But secondly, it’s because in the time of Trump there has been an alarming spike in hate crimes against Muslims that has caused more in our community to understand that we need allies if we are going to survive. It really is that stark, as we’ve seen in Trump’s America mosques defaced with the word “Trump,” Muslim women wearing hijabs assaulted, Muslim students bullied simply for their faith, and worst of all, Trump supporters planning terrorist attacks to kill us. Hate crimes against Muslims during Trump’s presidency have reached record breaking numbers—even worse than in the aftermath of 9/11.
Similarly, the persecution of Jews during Trump’s presidency has also likely fueled Jewish support for coalition building. In the time of Trump, many of my Jewish friends and colleagues have noted they have come to realize they are not white—or at least not as white as they thought—but are in fact minorities. And not just any minority, but one targeted by bigots with violence.
Per ISPU, both Jews and Muslims in 2019 report experiencing the highest percentage of discrimination of any faith, with 60 percent of Muslims and 58 percent of Jews saying they were discriminated against. Worse, in 2019 alone, the Anti-Defamation League reported 2,107 hate crimes against Jewish people—the highest number since the ADL began tallying such crimes in 1979.
https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/opin...s-and-jews-together-to-defeat-him/ar-BB19Wh2B