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'''Israelite School of Universal Practical Knowledge''' (ISUPK) is an American [[non-profit organization]] and [[black supremacist]],<ref name="god_and_general">{{cite news|url=http://www.splcenter.org/intel/intelreport/article.jsp?aid=948|title=God and the General. Leader Discusses Black Supremacist Group|date=Fall 2008|work=Intelligence Report|location=[[Montgomery, Alabama]]|publisher=[[Southern Poverty Law Center]]|access-date=31 July 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080907052245/http://www.splcenter.org/intel/intelreport/article.jsp?aid=948|archive-date=2008-09-07|url-status=dead}}</ref><ref name="SPLC 2008">{{cite web|url=https://www.splcenter.org/fighting-hate/intelligence-report/2008/racist-black-hebrew-israelites-becoming-more-militant|title=Racist Black Hebrew Israelites becoming More Militant|date=Fall 2008|work=Intelligence Report|location=[[Montgomery, Alabama]]|publisher=[[Southern Poverty Law Center]]|access-date=31 July 2020}}
'''Israelite School of Universal Practical Knowledge''' (ISUPK) is an American [[non-profit organization]] and [[black supremacist]],<ref name="god_and_general">{{cite news|url=http://www.splcenter.org/intel/intelreport/article.jsp?aid=948|title=God and the General. Leader Discusses Black Supremacist Group|date=Fall 2008|work=Intelligence Report|location=[[Montgomery, Alabama]]|publisher=[[Southern Poverty Law Center]]|access-date=31 July 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080907052245/http://www.splcenter.org/intel/intelreport/article.jsp?aid=948|archive-date=2008-09-07|url-status=dead}}</ref><ref name="SPLC 2008">{{cite web|url=https://www.splcenter.org/fighting-hate/intelligence-report/2008/racist-black-hebrew-israelites-becoming-more-militant|title=Racist Black Hebrew Israelites becoming More Militant|date=Fall 2008|work=Intelligence Report|location=[[Montgomery, Alabama]]|publisher=[[Southern Poverty Law Center]]|access-date=31 July 2020}}
</ref><ref name="SPLC 2015">{{cite web|url=https://www.splcenter.org/fighting-hate/intelligence-report/2015/history-hebrew-israelism|title=History of Hebrew Israelism|date=2015|work=Intelligence Report|location=[[Montgomery, Alabama]]|publisher=[[Southern Poverty Law Center]]|access-date=31 July 2020}}
</ref><ref name="SPLC 2015">{{cite web|url=https://www.splcenter.org/fighting-hate/intelligence-report/2015/history-hebrew-israelism|title=History of Hebrew Israelism|date=2015|work=Intelligence Report|location=[[Montgomery, Alabama]]|publisher=[[Southern Poverty Law Center]]|access-date=31 July 2020}}
</ref> [[Religious extremism|extremist religious sect]]<ref name="ADL 2020">{{cite web |author=<!--Not stated--> |url=https://www.adl.org/resources/backgrounders/extremist-sects-within-the-black-hebrew-israelite-movement |title=Extremist Sects Within the Black Hebrew Israelite Movement |date=September 2020 |website=Adl.org |location=[[New York City|New York]] |publisher=[[Anti-Defamation League]] |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200924020157/https://www.adl.org/resources/backgrounders/extremist-sects-within-the-black-hebrew-israelite-movement |archive-date=24 September 2020 |url-status=live |access-date=9 November 2020}}</ref> based in [[Upper Darby, Pennsylvania|Upper Darby]], [[Pennsylvania]]. The group is part of the [[Black Hebrew Israelites|Black Hebrew Israelite movement]],<ref name="god_and_general"/><ref name="SPLC 2008"/><ref name="SPLC 2015"/><ref name="ADL 2020"/> which regards American blacks as descendants of the [[Israelites|Twelve Tribes of Israel]].<ref name="SPLC 2015"/><ref name="ADL 2020"/> The [[Southern Poverty Law Center]] has designated the ISUPK a [[hate group]], citing its extremist ideology and [[Black supremacy|black supremacist]] rhetoric.<ref name="god_and_general"/><ref name="SPLC 2008"/><ref name="SPLC 2015"/>
</ref> [[Religious extremism|extremist religious sect]]<ref name="ADL 2020">{{cite web |author=<!--Not stated--> |url=https://www.adl.org/resources/backgrounders/extremist-sects-within-the-black-hebrew-israelite-movement |title=Extremist Sects Within the Black Hebrew Israelite Movement |date=September 2020 |website=Adl.org |location=[[New York City|New York]] |publisher=[[Anti-Defamation League]] |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200924020157/https://www.adl.org/resources/backgrounders/extremist-sects-within-the-black-hebrew-israelite-movement |archive-date=24 September 2020 |url-status=live |access-date=9 November 2020}}</ref> based in [[Upper Darby, Pennsylvania|Upper Darby]], [[Pennsylvania]], originally founded in 1969 at 1 West 125th Street Harlem, NY. The ISUPK is a bible-based, nonprofit, community organization that founded [[Black Hebrew Israelites|Black Hebrew Israelite movement]],<ref name="god_and_general"/><ref name="SPLC 2008"/><ref name="SPLC 2015"/><ref name="ADL 2020"/> which regards American Blacks (African-Americans), Hispanics, and Native American Indians as descendants of the [[Israelites|Twelve Tribes of Israel]].<ref name="SPLC 2015"/><ref name="ADL 2020"/> The [[Southern Poverty Law Center]] has designated the ISUPK a [[hate group]], citing its extremist ideology and [[Black supremacy|black supremacist]] rhetoric but they claim that they are nonviolent and deny being a hate group.<ref name="god_and_general"/><ref name="SPLC 2008"/><ref name="SPLC 2015"/>


The group is a part of the [[One West Camp]] movement, an offshoot of the [[Israelite Church of God in Jesus Christ]],<ref name="SPLC 2015"/> and uses a variation on the former name of that group.<ref name="SPLC 2015"/> Alongside numerous other sects and organizations within the [[Black Hebrew Israelites|Black Hebrew Israelite movement]],<ref name="ADL 2020"/> ISUPK expounds [[Religious extremism|extremist]], [[black supremacist]], [[Religious antisemitism|religious anti-Semitic]], and [[Racism|anti-White racist]] beliefs,<ref name="ADL 2020"/> as well as [[Homophobia|homophobic]], [[Transphobia|transphobic]], and [[Sexism|sexist]] beliefs.<ref name="ADL 2020"/>
The group refers to themselves as 1 West, due to its founding location, however, they do not acknowledge the [[One West Camp]] movement, as they claim that they are not affiliated with any other Hebrew Israelite group. The ISUPK is not an offshoot of the [[Israelite Church of God in Jesus Christ]],<ref name="SPLC 2015"/> The Israelite Church of God in Jesus Christ was found of members that were originally apart of the ISUPK and uses a variation on the former name of that group.<ref name="SPLC 2015"/> Alongside numerous other sects and organizations within the [[Black Hebrew Israelites|Black Hebrew Israelite movement]],<ref name="ADL 2020"/> ISUPK expounds [[Religious extremism|extremist]], [[black supremacist]], [[Religious antisemitism|religious anti-Semitic]], and [[Racism|anti-White racist]] beliefs,<ref name="ADL 2020"/> as well as [[Homophobia|homophobic]], [[Transphobia|transphobic]], and [[Sexism|sexist]] beliefs.<ref name="ADL 2020"/>


==Volume controversy==
==Volume controversy==

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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.
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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, originally founded in 1969 at 1 West 125th Street Harlem, NY. The ISUPK is a bible-based, nonprofit, community organization that founded Black Hebrew Israelite movement,[1][2][3][4] which regards American Blacks (African-Americans), Hispanics, and Native American Indians as descendants of the Twelve Tribes of Israel.[3][4] The Southern Poverty Law Center has designated the ISUPK a hate group, citing its extremist ideology and black supremacist rhetoric but they claim that they are nonviolent and deny being a hate group.[1][2][3]

The group refers to themselves as 1 West, due to its founding location, however, they do not acknowledge the One West Camp movement, as they claim that they are not affiliated with any other Hebrew Israelite group. The ISUPK is not an offshoot of the Israelite Church of God in Jesus Christ,[3] The Israelite Church of God in Jesus Christ was found of members that were originally apart of the ISUPK 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, black supremacist, religious anti-Semitic, 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 c "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 c "Racist Black Hebrew Israelites becoming More Militant". Intelligence Report. Montgomery, Alabama: Southern Poverty Law Center. Fall 2008. Retrieved 31 July 2020.
  3. ^ a b c d e f "History of Hebrew Israelism". Intelligence Report. Montgomery, Alabama: Southern Poverty Law Center. 2015. Retrieved 31 July 2020.
  4. ^ a b c d e f "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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