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WASHINGTON, D.C. — In the wake of the October 7th atrocities and the subsequent explosion of global antisemitism, one of the most prominent voices in American national security is taking a visible stand. Dana White, former Chief Spokesperson for the Department of Defense, has begun wearing a Star of David—not as a convert, but as a Christian in “visible solidarity” with a community she believes is being targeted by a rapid moral inversion in public discourse.

White’s decision is more than a political statement; it is an effort to restore a “moral memory” that she believes has been hollowed out over decades of geographic and ideological separation between the Black and Jewish communities.

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A Legacy Rooted in “Being Seen”

White’s commitment to the Jewish people is deeply personal, tracing back to the 1930s in the segregated South. Her grandfather, a veteran and high school graduate born in 1896, was working as a janitor at a UVA hospital when he met Dr. Goodwin, a Jewish physician and WWI veteran.

“Dr. Goodwin saw something in my grandfather,” White recounted. “He didn’t ‘help’ him—my grandfather had all the pieces. He just needed to be seen.” Goodwin appointed him to the first management role for a Black man at the hospital, setting off a chain reaction that allowed her grandfather to hire most of the Black population in Charlottesville and eventually become the publisher of the oldest Black newspaper in Virginia.

That legacy of Jewish investment in Black dignity extended to Julius Rosenwald, the Jewish president of Sears, Roebuck & Co. Rosenwald partnered with Booker T. Washington to build over 5,000 schools for Black children across the South at a time when state laws often cut off Black education at the eighth grade.

The Great Inversion: 2026 Campus Realities

White’s move to wear the Star of David comes as 2026 data reveals a shocking “purge” of Jewish representation in higher education. A recent study by the City University of New York (CUNY) found that out of 80 major leadership positions across its campuses, Jewish representation has been systematically reduced over the last 15 years.

“It’s horrendous,” White noted. “These things don’t happen overnight. What has been allowed to masquerade as ‘enlightenment’ on campuses like Harvard and Columbia is actually a fundamental problem of evil.”

Why the Alliance Broke: The “Perfect Storm” of the 80s and 90s

White analyzed the breakdown of the historic Black-Jewish alliance as a “perfect storm” of three socio-economic factors:

Geographic Separation: The success of the Civil Rights Act allowed middle-class Black families to move out of traditional neighborhoods where they once lived side-by-side with Jewish families.
Economic Hollowing: The loss of manufacturing jobs and the crack cocaine epidemic left urban Black populations vulnerable.
The Rise of Extremism: Into this vacuum stepped the Nation of Islam, preaching self-empowerment laced with “vitriolic hate for Jews.” This rhetoric seeped into pop culture and hip-hop, turning a shared civil rights movement into a “racial revolution” where Jews were no longer invited.

The Path Forward: “Soul Scroll” Dinners and HBCUs

Through the Randolph L. White Foundation, White is now working to rebuild these bridges on the grounds of Historically Black Colleges and Universities (HBCUs). Her strategy avoids “flash-in-the-pan” press releases in favor of “Soul Scroll” dinners—grassroots gatherings where members of both communities break bread and engage in the “hard dialogues” they usually avoid in polite company.

White has also been sponsoring HBCU students to travel to Israel. For many, it is their first time meeting a Jewish person. “They see the diversity—Black Jews, Brown Jews, Ethiopian Jews,” White said. White herself recounted meeting an Ethiopian Jewish woman at the site of the Nova Festival massacre, who survived by feigning death after being shot in the neck.

“Judaism knows no color, and antisemitism knows no color either,” White observed.

Conclusion: Saturday People and Sunday People

White’s final warning echoes a grim geopolitical reality: “First it’s the Saturday people, then it’s the Sunday people.” She argues that the onslaught against Jewish values on campuses and in cities is an attack on the very foundation of biblically-informed civilization.

As White prepares for more “Soul Scroll” dialogues in 2026, her message is clear: The alliance between the Black community and the Jewish community is not just a relic of the 1960s—it is a strategic necessity for the survival of American democracy.