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==Appearances in media==
==Appearances in media==
===''The Real Black Sabbath''===
===''The Real Black Sabbath''===
In 2022, [[The Real Black Sabbath|''The Real Black Sabbath'']] was released - a [[Documentary film|documentary]] by British journalist Harry Robinson covering the beliefs and practices of the ISUPK, focusing on the [[Oklahoma]] branch of the school.<ref>{{Cite web |last=Robinson |first=Harry |date=20 July 2022 |title=THE REAL BLACK SABBATH (2022) (Dir. Harry Robinson) - FULL FILM |url=https://youtube.com/OoUcRKcrW-k |url-status=live |access-date=25 July 2022 |website=[[YouTube]]}}</ref> The film won the award for 'Most Inspirational Film' at the 2022 Oregon Documentary Film Festival.<ref>{{Cite news |last=Haffenden |first=Charlie |date=26 April 2022 |title=The Real Black Sabbath: Sheffield student wins award for documentary at maiden film festival in the US |work=[[Sheffield Star]] |url=https://www.thestar.co.uk/news/people/the-real-black-sabbath-sheffield-student-wins-award-for-documentary-at-maiden-film-festival-in-the-us-3670054 |access-date=26 July 2022}}</ref>
In 2022, [[The Real Black Sabbath|''The Real Black Sabbath'']] was released - a [[Documentary film|documentary]] by British journalist Harry Robinson covering the beliefs and practices of the ISUPK, focusing on the [[Oklahoma]] branch of the school.<ref>{{Cite web |last=Robinson |first=Harry |date=20 July 2022 |title=THE REAL BLACK SABBATH (2022) (Dir. Harry Robinson) - FULL FILM |url=https://youtube.com/OoUcRKcrW-k |url-status=live |access-date=25 July 2022 |website=[[YouTube]]}}</ref> The film won the award for 'Most Inspirational Film' at the 2022 Oregon Documentary Film Festival<ref>{{Cite news |last=Haffenden |first=Charlie |date=26 April 2022 |title=The Real Black Sabbath: Sheffield student wins award for documentary at maiden film festival in the US |work=[[Sheffield Star]] |url=https://www.thestar.co.uk/news/people/the-real-black-sabbath-sheffield-student-wins-award-for-documentary-at-maiden-film-festival-in-the-us-3670054 |access-date=26 July 2022}}</ref> and 'Best Oklahoma Film' at the 2022 Southwest Center Film Festival.<ref>{{Cite web |title=https://twitter.com/robboharry/status/1571138401348493314 |url=https://twitter.com/robboharry/status/1571138401348493314 |access-date=2022-09-17 |website=Twitter |language=en}}</ref>


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

Revision as of 14:43, 17 September 2022

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. 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.[3][4] The Southern Poverty Law Center has designated the ISUPK a hate group, citing its extremist ideology and black supremacist rhetoric.[1][2][3]

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, black supremacist, religious anti-Semitic, and anti-White racist beliefs,[4] as well as homophobic, transphobic, and sexist beliefs.[4]

Appearances in media

The Real Black Sabbath

In 2022, The Real Black Sabbath was released - a documentary by British journalist Harry Robinson covering the beliefs and practices of the ISUPK, focusing on the Oklahoma branch of the school.[5] The film won the award for 'Most Inspirational Film' at the 2022 Oregon Documentary Film Festival[6] and 'Best Oklahoma Film' at the 2022 Southwest Center Film Festival.[7]

Volume controversy

ISUPK has demonstrated many times at the corner of Seventh and H streets in Washington, D.C., since 2004,[8] but residents complain that the group amplifies its open-air preaching to more than 90 decibels and that its message is offensive.[9] 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.[10]

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."[11] The measure would have limited the volume of daytime noncommercial speech to 70 decibels, but it died because of free-speech concerns.[12] 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.[11] 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.[10]

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. ^ Robinson, Harry (20 July 2022). "THE REAL BLACK SABBATH (2022) (Dir. Harry Robinson) - FULL FILM". YouTube. Retrieved 25 July 2022.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: url-status (link)
  6. ^ Haffenden, Charlie (26 April 2022). "The Real Black Sabbath: Sheffield student wins award for documentary at maiden film festival in the US". Sheffield Star. Retrieved 26 July 2022.
  7. ^ "https://twitter.com/robboharry/status/1571138401348493314". Twitter. Retrieved 2022-09-17. {{cite web}}: External link in |title= (help)
  8. ^ 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.
  9. ^ Segraves, Mark (February 21, 2008). "Bring The Noise". WTOP-FM. Retrieved 31 July 2020.
  10. ^ 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.
  11. ^ a b "Faith group hit for being too loud". The Washington Times. February 27, 2007. Retrieved 31 July 2020.
  12. ^ 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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