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(Jewish Group) April Powers, Ex-SCBWI Diversity Chief, Sent Death Threats After Sharing Antisemitism
April Powers, Ex-SCBWI Diversity Chief, Sent Death Threats After Sharing Antisemitism PostA former diversity chief at the world's leading children's book writers group has hit out at those who sent a flurry of death threats to her and her former colleagues for treating online harassment like "a blood sport."
April Powers, who was previously Chief Equity and Inclusion Officer at the Society of Children's Book Writers and Illustrators (SCBWI), bravely spoke to Newsweek about the torrent of death threats and antisemitic messages she had been subjected to for weeks.
Powers left the SCBWI after she shared a Twitter post last month that condemned the rise in antisemitic attacks that had occurred earlier this year, which triggered an avalanche of abuse online.
The inclusion officer, who is Black and Jewish, soon came under sustained attacks after a Palestinian writer called on her to produce a statement on Islamophobia as well.
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All because she had the temerity to speak out against anti-Semitism. Oh, and she's a white supremacist too!
