THE FORWARD
Virus outbreak in black-Jewish Baltimore neighborhood leads to anti-Semitic blame game
by Aiden Pink
Apri 15, 2020

An African-American radio host’s public blaming of Jews for Baltimore’s coronavirus outbreak led to an accusation of anti-Semitism, particularly since data shows that the city’s COVID-19 hotspots include neighborhoods popular with both Jews and black residents. “There are a lot of Jewish people moving down here from New York City,” the host, George Mitchell, said on his WOLB 1010 AM show on Monday. “Now where was the hotbed of the virus? In New York City. It’s only obvious to me that if a person moves here from New York City, there’s more of a possibility the person has the virus than if the person was black.” READ MORE