Ms Rachel: “I Will Risk My Career” to Support Kids in Gaza

Watch The Full Philip DeFranco Show: https://www.youtube.com/defranco?sub_confirmation=1 Subscribe for more Quickie News: https://www.youtube.com/defranco?sub_confirmation=1 Ms. Rachel is willing to put her career on the line to speak up for children in Gaza. That is what she just said during an episode of NPR’s “Here and Now” where she explained why she decided to publicly address this war in the first place. Right, because if you are unfamiliar with Ms. Rachel, she has a massively successful YouTube channel where she sings educational songs for young kids to help with language development. She is basically God to the under-five community, but on social media platforms like Instagram, where millions of parents and others follow her, she branches out from that content and speaks about Gaza frequently. “Leaders, be so ashamed of your silence, be so ashamed that you have seen images and videos that we have all seen, but they haven’t moved you to do the right thing.”[]“Be so ashamed that you normally speak out for human rights, you normally speak out for children everywhere, but you won’t now because they are Palestinian.” And while speaking to NPR, she was just asked if she has suffered any financial consequences for using her platform this way: “Q: You are now a brand, you sell merchandise like toys and books. Has there been any pushback from your financial backers who are nervous about your brand becoming politicized?” A: "There has been, but I wouldn't be Ms. Rachel if I didn't deeply care about all kids. And I would risk everything, and I will risk my career over and over to stand up for them. It's all about the kids for me." And that question came up because, like many who speak about this war, she has been facing backlash and criticism. Last year, when she announced she was doing a fundraiser with Save the Children’s Emergency Fund to help kids in conflict zones, including Gaza, some accused her of not caring about the Israeli children who were impacted by October 7. And she has addressed that backlash not noting she cares for all children, no matter who they are or where they come from, But some have still labeled her as antisemitic, and one group has even asked the DOJ to investigate her, accusing her of spreading pro-Hamas propaganda. And she was again able to push back on this narrative again while talking to NPR, saying: "I care so deeply about every child. As a teacher, you have children from many different places, especially in New York City, and you care exactly the same about them. That's the basis of everything for me, is that children are equal.” “I recently sat down with someone who has a family member that was taken hostage, and sitting with her and hearing the harrowing accounts. Feeling her pain, the anguish, the desperation to get that loved one home, where that loved one belongs, and have the family be complete. It’s, if you sat with her as well, if you just sat with her, you would want more than anything for that family to be whole again and them to not be suffering immensely." —————————— Produced by: Cory Ray, Philip DeFranco Edited by: James Girardier, Maxwell Enright, Julie Goldberg, Christian Meeks, Matthew Henry Art Department: William Crespo Writing/Research: Maddie Crichton, Philip DeFranco ———————————— #MsRachel #Education #Israel