Posted on 06/19/2012 5:03:52 AM PDT by SJackson
Citing Israel's "apartheid state," Alice Walker, who wrote Pulitzer Prize-winning 'Color of Purple' reaffirms support of BDS movement.
Alice Walker, author of The Color Purple, refused to authorize a Hebrew translation of her prize-winning work, citing what she called Israel’s “apartheid state.”
In a June 9 letter to Yediot Books, Walker said she would not allow the publication of the book into Hebrew because “Israel is guilty of apartheid and persecution of the Palestinian people, both inside Israel and also in the Occupied Territories.”
In her letter, posted Sunday by the Palestinian Campaign for the Academic and Cultural Boycott of Israel on its website, Walker supported the boycott, divestment and sanctions movement and offered her hope that the BDS movement “will have enough of an impact on Israeli civilian society to change the situation.”
It was not clear when Yediot Books, an imprint of the daily Yediot Aharonot newspaper, made the request, or whether Walker could in fact stop translation of the book. At least one version of the book has already appeared in Hebrew translation, in the 1980s.
Walker said Israelis policies were “worse” than the segregation she suffered as an American youth and said South Africans had told her it was worse than Apartheid.
The Color Purple, which won the 1983 Pulitzer Prize for Fiction, was adapted into a movie in 1985 directed by Jewish filmmaker Steven Spielberg.
The novel and the film, which was nominated for 11 Oscars, treat racism in the American South in the first part of the 20th century and sexism among blacks.
Walker has intensified her anti-Israel activism in recent years, traveling to the Gaza Strip to advocate on behalf of the Palestinians.
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Gosh, what a terrible loss for the cultural community of Israel.
Further proof that there is no ultimate level of stupid.
This woman is stupid enough to work in the White House.
Jew haters.
Gosh, do you think it is entirely co-incidental that she didn’t come to this decision BEFORE banking all her royalties and share of the profits from Spielberg’s movie?
And, good old Stevie Spielberg, supporting anti-Israelies whenever he can.
Did not like the movie. Now I know why.
who would want to read that hateful bunch of lies anyway
Think of all the Israeli high schoolers, now spared from having to read that awful book.
Because someone can write a book, we should respect their political opinions? That’s like respecting the opinions of pop singers.
Lots and lots of blacks don’t like Jews.
“Lots and lots of blacks don’t like Jews”
Yeah, because of all those Jewish plantation owners & slaveholders. Why, more than half the Confederate Army officer corps consisted of Jews. And everyone knows the Ku Klux Klan was actually a secret Zionist cabal. /s
A win for the Jews...Won’t exposed to this porky lesbian’s nonsense
Most Israelis understand English. Globally, people who decide to learn a second language tend to pick learning English.
Now if only they could be spared the movie
About a decade or so ago, the B'nai B'rith Anti-Defamation League did a study on the prevalence of antisemitic attitudes among Americans, based on answers to a questionnaire the study participants were given. They found that 34% of American blacks harbored antisemitic views, compared to 9% of American whites.
In addition, studies have found that compared to whites, where higher socioeconomic status correlates with a lower prevalence of antisemitism, socioeconomic status among blacks has less of a correlation or even no correlation at all.
About a decade or so ago, the B'nai B'rith Anti-Defamation League did a study on the prevalence of antisemitic attitudes among Americans, based on answers to a questionnaire the study participants were given. They found that 34% of American blacks harbored antisemitic views, compared to 9% of American whites.
In addition, studies have found that compared to whites, where higher socioeconomic status correlates with a lower prevalence of antisemitism, socioeconomic status among blacks has less of a correlation or even no correlation at all.
Sorry to say it, but if she ends up like pancake girl, I do not think it is going to sadden me.
What is BDS?
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