'Ignorant and disrespectful': Black Israelite group hands out anti-Native flyers on Lakota reservations

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'Ignorant and disrespectful': Black Israelite group hands out anti-Native flyers on Lakota reservations

Post by JohnUbele » Sat Apr 22, 2023 6:00 am

"...TikTokers say in recent viral videos that members of an extremist religious group handed out anti-Native American flyers on Native reservations.

The Black Israelites are a fringe religious movement associated with antisemitism and forced segregation. Members of the group allegedly visited Pine Ridge, South Dakota, and Rosebud, Oregon—both reservations that are home to the Lakota people—on April 10.

TikTokers say in recent viral videos that members of an extremist religious group handed out anti-Native American flyers on Native reservations.

The Black Israelites are a fringe religious movement associated with antisemitism and forced segregation. Members of the group allegedly visited Pine Ridge, South Dakota, and Rosebud, Oregon—both reservations that are home to the Lakota people—on April 10.

Native TikTokers say that the group disseminated anti-Native materials in Rosebud. In Pine Ridge, Black Israelites were escorted out of the reservation by tribal police. The Oglala Sioux Tribe Department of Public Safety did not immediately respond to the Daily Dot's request for comment.

In one TikTok posted on April 10, Native TikToker Emma Blacksmith captured men wearing purple and yellow shirts with the Black Israelite logo standing outside Big Bat's convenience store on the Pine Ridge reservation. Big Bat's employees confirmed the incident in a brief phone interview with the Daily Dot..."

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Re: 'Ignorant and disrespectful': Black Israelite group hands out anti-Native flyers on Lakota reservations

Post by JohnUbele » Sat Apr 22, 2023 6:17 am

This looks like the flier they were distributing:

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Re: 'Ignorant and disrespectful': Black Israelite group hands out anti-Native flyers on Lakota reservations

Post by JohnUbele » Sat Apr 22, 2023 6:23 am

It seems to me that the Jews feel threatened by the success of this Black Israelite group:

Black Hebrew Israelites: Anti-Semitic Extremists in the Movement
https://canarymission.org/campaign/Blac ... Israelites

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