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The Again Room with Andy Ostroy
Julianna Margulies not too long ago mentioned Black individuals have been “brainwashed” to hate Jews — one thing she now regrets … and is apologizing over.
The actress, who’s Jewish, made the inflammatory remark late final month on a podcast look with Andy Ostroy … the place they talked about younger individuals’s overwhelming embrace of Palestine within the Israel-Hamas battle — one thing they chalked as much as antisemitism.
Particularly, Margulies talked about African-People and other people within the LGBTQ+ neighborhood as being wholly misguided of their place on the matter … saying they’d be the primary ones to be discriminated towards — if not outright killed — in nearly any Muslim nation.
JM went to specific disbelief that Black individuals, particularly, as a bunch appeared to be talking out towards Israel/Zionists — which she apparently views as hating on Jews, at massive, as nicely — after which introduced up the truth that Jewish individuals had stood with Blacks through the Civil Rights period … and principally mentioned the identical ought to be finished now in return.
She then mentioned {that a} current Ken Burns doc on the Holocaust ought to be obligatory viewing in colleges nowadays — particularly for the Black neighborhood … whom she steered both did not know the horrid historical past, or whom she mentioned had most likely been taught to “hate Jews.”
It triggered loads of backlash, and on Friday … she folded, saying — “I am horrified by the fact that statements I made on a recent podcast offended the Black and LGBTQIA+ communities, communities I truly love and respect.”
Margulies continued … “I want to be 100% clear: Racism, homophobia, sexism, or any prejudice against anyone’s personal beliefs or identity are abhorrent to me, full stop.”
She added … “Throughout my career I have worked tirelessly to combat hate of all kind, end antisemitism, speak out against terrorist groups like Hamas, and forge a united front against discrimination.”
JM completed by saying, “I did not intend for my words to sow further division, for which I am sincerely apologetic.”
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