Julianna Margulies Sorry for Saying Black People ‘Brainwashed’ to Hate Jews

Julianna Margulies just lately mentioned Black folks have been “brainwashed” to hate Jews — one thing she now regrets … and is apologizing over.

The actress, who’s Jewish, made the inflammatory remark late final month on a podcast look with Andy Ostroy … the place they talked about younger folks’s overwhelming embrace of Palestine within the Israel-Hamas conflict — one thing they chalked up to antisemitism.

Specifically, Margulies talked about African-Americans and folks within the LGBTQ+ group as being wholly misguided of their place on the matter … saying they’d be the primary ones to be discriminated towards — if not outright killed — in nearly any Muslim nation.

JM went to categorical disbelief that Black folks, particularly, as a gaggle appeared to be talking out towards Israel/Zionists — which she apparently views as hating on Jews, at giant, as nicely — after which introduced up the truth that Jewish folks had stood with Blacks through the Civil Rights period … and mainly mentioned the identical must be completed now in return.

She then mentioned {that a} current Ken Burns doc on the Holocaust must be obligatory viewing in faculties as of late — particularly for the Black group … whom she recommended both did not know the horrid historical past, or whom she mentioned had in all probability been taught to “hate Jews.”

It triggered a variety of backlash, and on Friday … she folded, saying — “I am horrified by the fact that statements I made on a recent podcast offended the Black and LGBTQIA+ communities, communities I truly love and respect.”

Margulies continued … “I want to be 100% clear: Racism, homophobia, sexism, or any prejudice against anyone’s personal beliefs or identity are abhorrent to me, full stop.”

She added … “Throughout my career I have worked tirelessly to combat hate of all kind, end antisemitism, speak out against terrorist groups like Hamas, and forge a united front against discrimination.”