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{{Otherpeople|David Horowitz}}
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(contracted; show full) 'demands for special treatment' as 'only necessary because some blacks can't seem to locate the ladder of opportunity within reach of others,' rejecting the idea that they could be the victims of lingering racism."<ref>{{cite web|last = Berlet|first = Chip|year = 2003|url = http://www.splcenter.org/intel/intelreport/article.jsp?pid=105|title = Into the Mainstream|work = Intelligence Report|publisher = [[Southern Poverty Law Center]]|accessdate = 2006-04-23}}</ref>
 Responding with an open letter to [[Morris Dees]], president of the SPLC, Horowitz stated that his reminder that the slaves transported to America were bought from African and Arab slavers was a response to demands that only whites pay blacks reparations, not to hold Africans and Arabs solely responsible for slavery, and that the statement that he had denied lingering racism was "a calculated and carefully constructed lie." The letter said that Berlet's work was "so tendentious, so filled with transparent misrepresentations and smears that if you continue to post the report you will create for your Southern Poverty Law Center a well-earned reputation as a hate group itself."<ref>{{cite web | last = Horowitz | first = David | authorlink = David Horowitz (conservative writer) | year = 2003 | url = http://www.frontpagemagazine.com/Articles/Printable.asp?ID=9622 | title = An Open Letter To Morris Dees | work = FrontPageMagazine.com | publisher = FrontPageMagazine.com | accessdate = 2006-04-23}}</ref> The SPLC refused,[http://www.frontpagemag.com/articles/readarticle.asp?ID=9831] and subsequent critical pieces on Berlet and the SPLC have been featured on Horowitz's website and personal blog.<ref>[http://www.frontpagemag.com/Articles/ReadArticle.asp?ID=9830 FrontPage Magazine<!-- Bot generated title -->]</ref><ref>{{cite web | last = Arabia | first = Chris | year = 2003 | url = http://www.frontpagemag.com/Articles/ReadArticle.asp?ID=10352 | title = Chip Berlet: Leftist Lie Factory | work = FrontPageMagazine.com | publisher = FrontPageMagazine.com | accessdate = 2006-04-23}}</ref>

[[Tim Wise]], self-described "anti-racist essayist, lecturer and activist" criticized<ref>[http://www.zmag.org/Sustainers/content/2002-12/16wise.cfm ZNet Commentary: Making Nice With Racists: David Horowitz and The Soft Pedaling Of White Supremacy<!-- Bot generated title -->]</ref> Horowitz in the left-wing publication ''[[Z Communications|Znet]]'' for associating with alleged racists, pointing to his acceptance of funding from the [[Bradley Foundation]], wh(contracted; show full)[[Category:Jewish American activists]]
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