A TikTok Prank Reveals We’re Far From Done With Anti-Semitism

Someone went on people’s TikTok live streams and told them they look Jewish. Their responses are horrifying.

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Today I scrolled through TikTok a little too much. I like how TikTok shows me Stitches and duets, and if I like them, then during the scroll, the algorithm would also present the original video.

But, some new videos would pop up on my ‘for you’ page from time to time. Like this one:

And, although this was probably meant as a prank, the results were far from funny.

“I’m gonna block you” was the common response from most people in this video. Why is that? I wish I had an answer.

But then you also get responses like, “is it because of my nose?” That’s plain racist.

Do you know what’s sad? This isn’t even the only racist and anti-semitic responses I see on TikTok. The platform is full of it.