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Aug 2024

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Bad Hasbara 47: Woke Phrenology, with Re...

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Filmmaker Rebecca Pierce joins Matt and Daniel to survey the meaning of Jewish identity in the WASP gaze, the false choice between Black American rights and support for Palestinian liberation, and whether white people have ever actually scored an invitation to the cookout.

Find Rebecca’s work at rebeccapiercefilms.com

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