Help Stop This Antisemitic Christian Hate Group
Help Stop This Antisemitic Christian Hate Group
Why this petition matters
The history of Christians persecuting, assaulting, murdering, and harassing people that practice Judaism or have genetic ties to Israel, dates back to the Inquisition, and not much has changed.
Over the last few years, members of our community have been harassed, slandered, demonized, and targeted by a racist and extremist Christian hate group known as URBAN APOLOGISTS or UA for short. They have made it their mission to attack the claims of any and all BLACK PEOPLE that can trace their lineage to Biblical Israelites, such as the Lemba (Zimbabwe), Igbo (Nigeria), and many other black Jewish groups around the world. We have documented these situations below.
- They have made public threats of violence against black Israelite groups.
- They have suggested that Christians carry guns and potentially use them against black people claiming to be Israelites.
- They have created YouTube channels dedicated to pushing hate speech against all black groups claiming to have ties to Israel or Judaism.
- In March of 2021, well known Christian apologist Ravi Zacharias was discovered to be a serial rapist on multiple continents. Video Here
These people pose a serious threat and danger to society in general, but to Israelites specifically. We take these threats seriously and now believe the authorities should be involved. In addition to the above, there have been actual physical altercations initiated by affiliates of the Urban Apologists.
Here is another video of a racist ex felon, who served time in prison for violent acts against black people, reacting to a discussion about geography based on his complete lack of understanding of basic geography. He refers to Israelites as "retards" and says he will disrespect us and we are "dead". He also says "this channel is no longer Israelite friendly... not you black Israelites"... which is the very definition of Hate Speech. Had he said the exact same about white Jews, his speech would be labeled as anti-semitic.
The U.N. Defines Hate Speech As Follows
"In the context of this document, the term hate speech is understood as any kind of communication in speech, writing or behaviour, that attacks or uses pejorative or discriminatory language with reference to a person or a group on the basis of who they are, in other words, based on their religion, ethnicity, nationality, race, colour, descent, gender or other identity factor. This is often rooted in, and generates intolerance and hatred and, in certain contexts, can be demeaning and divisive." - United Nations Strategy and Plan of Action On Hate Speech
Urban Apologists Spreading Hate Through Media
Urban Apologists have gone as far as to spread their ideology of hate and misinformation through media outlets such as Sports Illustrated. Writer Kalyn Kahler consulted John-Mark Rieser (Vocab Malone), for her Sports Illustrated article, and wrote the following:
"Vocab Malone (John-Mark Rieser), the pen name of a Christian author and critic, an expert on Hebrew Israelism who publishes educational videos on religions to YouTube, says that he’s been contacted by several NFL chaplains who are concerned that Hebrew Israelism is creeping into the league."
- Sports Illustrated Article: Click Here
- Vocab Mentions The Article: Click Here
John-Mark Rieser is by no means an "expert" on Israelites. We have had multiple encounters and conversations with him, which always results in him ignoring the facts, and then proceeding to make up whatever he wants to spread to the media. Fabricating the "facts" does not make one an expert, but it does make them a dishonest and unreliable source. The fact that the media often defers to one of the leaders of a hate group for information about the very group they hate, is irresponsible and unethical.
There Is No Such Thing As "Hebrew Israelism"
This irresponsible, uninformed, antisemitic, hate filled article published by Sports Illustrated demonstrates the level of misinformation being pushed by the Urban Apologists in general and John-Mark Rieser in particular. There is no such thing as "Hebrew Israelism".
- Some Israelites are Christian.
- Some Israelites are Muslim.
- Some Israelites are Mormon.
- Some Israelites are Catholics.
- Some Israelites are Atheists.
- Some Israelites keep Torah only.
- Some Israelites keep Torah and parts of the New Testament.
We come from all walks of life and have different beliefs systems just like any other ethnic group. We are not a monolithic group with a single ideology or belief system. This is 100% incorrect and needs to be publicly retracted by Sports Illustrated.
- Hebrew Israelite is NOT a religion.
- Hebrew Israelite is NOT a doctrine.
- Hebrew Israelite is NOT a belief system.
What we are... are people just like everyone else. We have jobs and families that are constantly affected by the ungodly and evil actions of the Urban Apologetics Christian hate group.
The Racist Term "Moderate" As Used By Urban Apologists
One very telling sign of their racist agenda is the use of the word "moderate" to specifically refer to black Christians that claim descent from Israel. ALTON JOHNSON makes that very clear in the following video after deceptively trying to avoid answering what the word "moderate" refers to:
Here is another video in which ALTON JOHNSON expresses his desire for black people claiming descent from Israel to be classified as a hate group solely based on our racial identity, which fits the U.N. definition of hate speech
The following video is from ALTON JOHNSON making the claim that Israelites cannot receive salvation, which he bases solely based on our racial identity claim. This no different than many white supremacist ideologies towards black people as a whole.
ALTON JOHNSON is one of the worst offenders because he black Jews and black Israelites based solely on our claims to racial identity, while using the title of "Christian" to cover his heinous, deceptive, and racist actions.
Urban Apologists' Documented Hate Based Attacks
The Sports Illustrated article made the claim that Rieser puts out "educational videos", but a quick glance at John-Mark Rieser's YouTube channel quickly reveals that the majority of his videos are race based attacks on the Israelite community. One video that is very well known among Israelites, is one in which he refers to Israelites as "coons" three times in the first 30 seconds of the video. Here are just a few of the links to that video and others released by his hate group:
- John-Mark Rieser (Vocab Malone) calling Israelites "coons".
- John-Mark Rieser laughs about slavery, claims to have written a slavery parody, and asks a black man to sing it for him.
- John-Mark Rieser using Blacksploitation and mock killing of two black men simply for saying they are Israelites... while he is dressed like Muhammad (Islam's prophet)
There are more videos than this that have been created by other members of their group. What makes this hate group unique is its racial and religious makeup. They are a group of individuals consisting of various ethnicities and in some cases contradictory belief systems (Seventh Day Adventist, Roman Catholic, Calvinist, Atheists, etc.), but they are all united in one thing... their hatred for any black person that claims to be a descendant of Biblical Israelites.
- They make unwarranted race based attacks against the family history of some people in our community.
- They make unwarranted race based attacks against any DNA results that prove we are descendants of the Lemba, Igbo, and other Bantu tribes associated with Israelites in Africa.
- They make false claims about our beliefs and more.
Most recently, they've begun to attack The Lemba, who are recognized by the scientific and Jewish community as being descendants of Biblical Israelites, but more specifically Levite descendants of Aaron (the brother of Moses). They have gone as far as trying to prove that the Lemba aren't actually descendants of Israel. Vocab Malone has gone as far as to jeopardize over 1,000 cases by falsely claiming that GED Match is a fraudulent website where DNA results can be manipulated to give false positives. Here is a link to him making the false claims:
Below is a direct response from GEDmatch concerning another member of the UA hate group.
Neutral 3rd Party Observations
- YouTube recently de-monetized John-Mark Rieser's (Vocab Malone) channel for HATE SPEECH.
- GEDmatch, a genetics company recently viewed Marshelle Forbe's (Cherry Love) channel, and made the following comments:
"Hi Dante,
I have forwarded your question on to our administrative staff to look into and reply back to you. I will say that other GEDmatch users have emailed us about this person's videos, and from what little of the videos I have seen, the individual seems to have some sort of racially motivated agenda to push, as well as advancing theories on race / ethnicities that have been debunked for some time as at best simply untrue, and at worst flat out racist.--
Kirk H - GEDmatch support"
(screenshots of the email conversation are available)
If you have ever been offended by the HATEFUL actions of the Urban Apologists, please support this petition. If they've ever targeted you based solely on your racial identity claims, please support this petition. If they've ever lumped you in with other people's belief systems based solely on your racial identity claims, please support this petition. If they have intentionally misrepresented what you believe based solely on your racial identity claims, please support this petition. If you believe people have the right to not be harassed, slandered, and targeted based solely on their claims to racial identity or lineage, please support this petition.
The following individuals are associated with the Urban Apologetics HATE GROUP and are active in spreading their race based hate against anyone with black skin that claims to have genetic descent from the Israelites of the Bible:
John-Mark Rieser (Vocab Malone) - Calvinist
Eric Mason of Epiphany Fellowship Philly - Evangelical Christian
Damon Richardson of UrbanLogia Ministries - Evangelical Christian
Abdelmasih Almanhatani (Abu) - Roman Catholic
Laron Campbell (G-Kon) - Open Theism
Marshelle Forbes (Cherry Love) - Christian?
Vincente Randall - Unknown
Currently uses his PayPal account to help fund this hate group.
Mike Pereira (Faithful To God) - Christian?
Isaiah Robertson - Christian?
Garfield Reid - Atheist
Alfredo Valentin (BK Apologist) - Christian?
Michelle Turner
Rick Caldwell
Least Influential / Important Urban Apologists
- Ambassador Everett
- Ryan Robertson (https://www.youtube.com/user/Littleking1978/featured
- Roger Sherman II
- Jon Averice (93 Avarice / 93)
- Selam Alexandria
- Alton Johnson
- Kevin L. Gleaton (Kevin G)
- Jonathan Smalls
- Robert Anderson (TruthSeekers Read) - Teaches that any black person that claims Israelite as a nationality is going to hell and cannot be saved.
This group of HATE FILLED individuals needs to classified as a HATE GROUP and needs to be held accountable for their racist actions. If they were targeting any other group of people based solely on their skin color and lineage claims, they would be classified as a HATE GROUP.
Please support this cause by signing this petition to bring awareness about this HATE GROUP.
Decision Makers
- NAACP
- Rainbow Coalition
- Kulanu.org
- JWA.org
- AJC.org