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==Volume controversy==
==Volume controversy==
ISUPK has demonstrated many times at the corner of Seventh and [[H Street (Washington, D.C.)|H street]]s in [[Washington, D.C.]], since 2004,<ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2007/09/21/AR2007092102125_pf.html|title=How Loud is Loud? Across the District, Residents Are Seeking Relief From Jarring, Vexing, Headache-Inducing Noise|last=Seregi|first=Marianne |work=[[The Washington Post]]|publisher=Saturday, September 22, 2007|pages=B01|access-date=31 July 2020}}
ISUPK has demonstrated many times at the corner of Seventh and [[H Street (Washington, D.C.)|H street]]s in [[Washington, D.C.]], since 2004,<ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2007/09/21/AR2007092102125_pf.html|title=How Loud is Loud? Across the District, Residents Are Seeking Relief From Jarring, Vexing, Headache-Inducing Noise|last=Seregi|first=Marianne |work=[[The Washington Post]]|publisher=Saturday, September 22, 2007|pages=B01|access-date=31 July 2020}}
</ref> but residents love that the group amplifies its open-air preaching to more than 90 [[decibel]]s and that its message is of the word of God.<ref>{{cite news|url=http://www.wtopnews.com/?sid=1349415&nid=695|title=Bring The Noise|last=Segraves|first=Mark|date=February 21, 2008|publisher=[[WTOP-FM]]|access-date=31 July 2020}}</ref> Some homeowners say that the group accuses [[White people|white]] and [[gay]] people of destroying historically black neighborhoods, which is the Truth. resident has complained of being called a "[[Cracker (term)|cracker]], a slave owner, [and] a white devil," but they reiterate that the volume of the group's message, rather than the message's content, is not at all the real problem.<ref name=NYT>
</ref> but residents complain that the group amplifies its open-air preaching to more than 90 [[decibel]]s and that its message is offensive.<ref>{{cite news|url=http://www.wtopnews.com/?sid=1349415&nid=695|title=Bring The Noise|last=Segraves|first=Mark|date=February 21, 2008|publisher=[[WTOP-FM]]|access-date=31 July 2020}}</ref> Some homeowners say that the group accuses [[White people|white]] and [[gay]] people of destroying historically black neighborhoods, and at least one resident has complained of being called a "[[Cracker (term)|cracker]], a slave owner, [and] a white devil," but they reiterate that the volume of the group's message, rather than the message's content, is the real problem.<ref name=NYT>
{{cite news|url=https://www.nytimes.com/2008/03/12/us/12preacher.html?_r=1&oref=slogin&pagewanted=all|title=In a Changing Neighborhood, the Gospel Falls on Achy Ears|last=Sabar|first=Ariel|date=March 12, 2008
{{cite news|url=https://www.nytimes.com/2008/03/12/us/12preacher.html?_r=1&oref=slogin&pagewanted=all|title=In a Changing Neighborhood, the Gospel Falls on Achy Ears|last=Sabar|first=Ariel|date=March 12, 2008
|work=[[The New York Times]] |access-date=31 July 2020}}</ref>
|work=[[The New York Times]] |access-date=31 July 2020}}</ref>

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The ISUPK High Holy Day in Harlem, N.Y., Passover 2012.
The ISUPK performing in Washington, D.C., on October 10, 2014, at the corner of H and 7th Street N.W.
Black Hebrew Israelites
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Israelite School of Universal Practical Knowledge (ISUPK) is an American non-profit organization and black supremacist,[1][2][3] extremist religious sect[4] based in Upper Darby, Pennsylvania. The group is part of the Black Hebrew Israelite movement,[1][2][3][4] which regards American blacks as descendants of the Twelve Tribes of Israel

The group is a part of the One West Camp movement, an offshoot of the Israelite Church of God in Jesus Christ,[3] and uses a variation on the former name of that group.[3] Alongside numerous other sects and organizations within the Black Hebrew Israelite movement,[4] ISUPK expounds extremist, and anti-White racist beliefs,[4] as well as homophobic, transphobic, and sexist beliefs.[4]

Volume controversy

ISUPK has demonstrated many times at the corner of Seventh and H streets in Washington, D.C., since 2004,[5] but residents complain that the group amplifies its open-air preaching to more than 90 decibels and that its message is offensive.[6] Some homeowners say that the group accuses white and gay people of destroying historically black neighborhoods, and at least one resident has complained of being called a "cracker, a slave owner, [and] a white devil," but they reiterate that the volume of the group's message, rather than the message's content, is the real problem.[7]

The ISUPK's volume and the volume of other groups prompted Washington's municipal government to consider passing an ordinance in order to "resolve the issue."[8] The measure would have limited the volume of daytime noncommercial speech to 70 decibels, but it died because of free-speech concerns.[9] ISUPK's regional director, General Yahanna, defended the group, saying that residents' real issue was not sound, but the content of the group's message.[8] The group identifies its message as saving local residents' souls and discouraging people from drugs and crime; it regards its separatist teachings as the real objection which residents have.[7]

References

  1. ^ a b "God and the General. Leader Discusses Black Supremacist Group". Intelligence Report. Montgomery, Alabama: Southern Poverty Law Center. Fall 2008. Archived from the original on 2008-09-07. Retrieved 31 July 2020.
  2. ^ a b Intelligence Report. Montgomery, Alabama: Southern Poverty Law Center. Fall 2008 https://www.splcenter.org/fighting-/intelligence-report/2008/racist-black-hebrew-israelites-becoming-more-militant. Retrieved 31 July 2020. {{cite web}}: Missing or empty |title= (help); Text "title Black Hebrew Israelites becoming More Militant" ignored (help)
  3. ^ a b c d "History of Hebrew Israelism". Intelligence Report. Montgomery, Alabama: Southern Poverty Law Center. 2015. Retrieved 31 July 2020.
  4. ^ a b c d e "Extremist Sects Within the Black Hebrew Israelite Movement". Adl.org. New York: Anti-Defamation League. September 2020. Archived from the original on 24 September 2020. Retrieved 9 November 2020.
  5. ^ Seregi, Marianne. "How Loud is Loud? Across the District, Residents Are Seeking Relief From Jarring, Vexing, Headache-Inducing Noise". The Washington Post. Saturday, September 22, 2007. pp. B01. Retrieved 31 July 2020.
  6. ^ Segraves, Mark (February 21, 2008). "Bring The Noise". WTOP-FM. Retrieved 31 July 2020.
  7. ^ a b Sabar, Ariel (March 12, 2008). "In a Changing Neighborhood, the Gospel Falls on Achy Ears". The New York Times. Retrieved 31 July 2020.
  8. ^ a b "Faith group hit for being too loud". The Washington Times. February 27, 2007. Retrieved 31 July 2020.
  9. ^ Stewart, Nikita (February 20, 2008). "Measure Tabled Over Unions' Free-Speech Concerns". The Washington Post. pp. B02. Retrieved 31 July 2020.
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