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Alice Walker under fire for praise of 'antisemitic' David Icke book

[Guardian] The New York Times Book Review and Alice Walker have come under criticism for comments the celebrated writer made in an interview with the publication in which she recommended a work by someone accused of antisemitism.

Asked what books were currently on her nightstand, Walker, the author of The Color Purple, mentioned among others And the Truth Shall Set You Free, by the controversial British figure David Icke. Icke, an author and public speaker in his own right, has long propounded a series of conspiracy theories in his work that many see as antisemitic.

"The book is an unhinged antisemitic conspiracy tract written by one of Britain’s most notorious antisemites," wrote Tablet magazine’s Yair Rosenberg, among the most strident critics of Walker’s comment. Rosenberg also faulted the Times for failing to react to or qualify the contents of the book to its readers.

Icke has long claimed that a shadowy cabal controls the world, a familiar antisemitic trope.

Posted by Besoeker 2018-12-18 01:43|| || Front Page|| [11134 views ] Top

#1 Thank you for your learned cultural and literary insights Alice. We knew we could count on you. I so wish we could hear from Assata Olugbala Shakur on the topic. Cuba is long distance. She never calls, she never writes.

[sarc off]

Posted by Besoeker 2018-12-18 02:01|| 2018-12-18 02:01|| Front Page Top

#2 Thank you NYT for letting us know where you stand even though you didn't mean to...

Posted by M. Murcek 2018-12-18 08:22|| 2018-12-18 08:22|| Front Page Top

#3 When Icke says lizard people secretly run the world, he really means... lizard people. Really. It's not a code word.

Posted by Secret Master 2018-12-18 21:54|| 2018-12-18 21:54|| Front Page Top

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