Matthew Goldstein 
Massachusetts Bay Community College 

In Washington D.C a jewish couple; Yaron Lischinsky and Sarah Milgrim were outside the Capital Jewish Museum. The couple was leaving an event held by the museum when a man opened fire 21 times on the couple killing both. The shooter while in custody shouted "free, free Palestine." With the rise of anti-semitism it has been important to understand the cause, and to find where the misinformation is coming from. The research uses content analysis across a collective of resources; social media, news articles, and books. To find conspiratorial cognition to interpret patterns. This presentation finds many Intricacies of how anti-zionism has led to a new wave of anti-semitism. That these anti-semitic patterns have existed long and resurface with time. These findings have proven in-group identity and amplified polarization. The case demonstrates how violence can become catalysts for  narratives in digital environments. The study contributes to scholarship on misinformation by illustrating how race and identity function as organizing principles in conspiratorial meaning.

This project explores to what extent race plays a role in the experiences of individuals in the United States and the Caribbean, specifically Haiti, Cuba and Jamaica, in terms of how the social construction of race influences their lives. Race and social identity have long been shaped by colonialism, migration, and systems of power that affect opportunities, privilege, and discrimination. Although Haiti, Cuba and Jamaica share histories of slavery and resistance, each nation has developed unique racial ideology that shapes identity and institutional structures. This comparison examines how individuals from these regions perceive and navigate race both in their home countries and in the United States emphasizing the differences as well as the shared struggles rooted in the pursuit of equality. Using a qualitative and comparative approach, the research draws from peer-reviewed journal articles, historical analyses, personal interviews, alongside personal reflections as an immigrant to connect academic findings with lived experience. The results reveal that while racial concepts vary across societies, systemic inequality persists through cultural hierarchies that privilege lighter skin and Western ideals; racial constructs produce real consequences that can only be addressed through education, awareness and sustained social change.