SPECTATOR
The uncomfortable truth about Black Lives Matter, Malcolm X and anti-Semitism
by Jake Wallis Simons
January 26, 2021

..It goes without saying that Malcolm X was a towering figure in the civil rights struggle, and played a major role in enhancing black pride. But he was a figure both of dazzling light and troubled darkness. History has told us that if you want to know a person’s truest nature, examine his attitude toward Jews. If you find this to be malign, be on your guard; as the late Lord Sacks put it, ‘the hate that begins with Jews never ends with Jews.’ Dr King and Malcolm X were both assassinated almost six decades ago. In the years that followed, they have come to inspire the polarized forces that battle for the soul of Western culture all around us. While one sought to defuse racial tensions, the other attempted to force the aggressive ascendency of an oppressed community. READ MORE