NYC Councilmembers Show Up in Bay Ridge When the Response to Hate in Bay Ridge Was Not Adequate
Council members @SandyforCouncil & @tiffany_caban talk about why we’re canvassing in Bay Ridge and offering people tolls for how to look out for each other safely intervene to keep each other safe from harassment and hate violence. #NYCAgainstHate pic.twitter.com/TQNKtJj1gi
— Jews for Racial & Economic Justice (@JFREJNYC) January 2, 2022
Hate is hate. It doesn’t matter who is doing it – everyone needs to know its wrong.
Everyone should be speaking out against. Sadly, we see victim blaming and people changing the story.
Our politicians in Bay Ridge tweeted the day AFTER the incident happened in our community. It was shared in the newspaper and Governor Kathy Hochul called out the hate before any of our politicians mentioned it on Twitter.
Tweeting was all they did – they didn’t DO ANYTHING to let the community what happened and how to respond to acts of hate.
During election time, politicians wants to tell us they are against hate, but when it happens their response was next to nothing.
These politicians have already been elected – they aren’t here to play politics. They were in Bay Ridge speaking to people for five hours. Representatives from Jews for Racial & Economic Justice were also with the politicians. (See here)
Councilmember Shahana Hanif took won Brad Lander’s seat in Park Slope. She went to Bishop Kearney High School, so Brooklyn is important to her.
City Council member @ShahanaFromBK shares why she’s out canvassing about hate violence prevention, and why the political education & community organizing the #NYCAgainstHate coalition does is so important! Cc @antiviolence @DesisRisingUp @ArabAmericanNY pic.twitter.com/v6aOzXqNm8
— Jews for Racial & Economic Justice (@JFREJNYC) January 2, 2022
On some of Shoshana’s tweets, the Arab American Association was tagged, but no one from there has spoken out about this.
Hugs,
marlene
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