r/JewsOfConscience • u/Ok_Item_3313 Jew of Color • Jun 29 '24
Activism NYC Dyke March Drama
The NYC Dyke March is being boycotted by many other organizations including Act Up NYC for putting out and subsequently deleting this statement. Thoughts?
Imma be real I don't really think this statement is bad at all, but I understand that others have read it as "all lives matter"-ing the genocide in Gaza. Would love to hear more takes.
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u/Pitiful_Meringue_57 Jewish Jun 29 '24
This post seems perfectly reasonable and them deleting is problematic. All this talk of not centering the conversation around jewish voices is true especially if we are talking policy, but this author is correct, empathy and care are not finite resources. This post at no point is pro israel and very firmly stands against the genocide and for palestinian freedom. Also from what this post indicates they have been centering palestine for a long time and this is the first time they acknowledged anything abt 10/7 being bad or antisemitism its not like this is a big platform for them.