As 'Color Purple’ adaptation hits theaters, Alice Walker’s antisemitism returns to spotlight

Alice Walker, author of "The Color Purple," in the mid-2010s began promoting works by an antisemitic conspiracy theorist and authored an antisemitic poem of her own.

Writer Alice Walker arrives on the red carpet before being inducted into the California Hall of Fame in Sacramento, California, December 6, 2006. Schwarzenegger and First Lady Maria Shriver inducted 13 leaders in to the first-ever California Hall of Fame.

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ByANDREW LAPIN/JTA

DECEMBER 23, 2023 05:17

Updated: DECEMBER 23, 2023 17:03

As 'Color Purple’ adaptation hits theaters, Alice Walker’s antisemitism returns to spotlight

Alice Walker, author of "The Color Purple," in the mid-2010s began promoting works by an antisemitic conspiracy theorist and authored an antisemitic poem of her own.

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As 'Color Purple’ adaptation hits theaters, Alice Walker’s antisemitism returns to spotlight

Alice Walker, author of "The Color Purple," in the mid-2010s began promoting works by an antisemitic conspiracy theorist and authored an antisemitic poem of her own.

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