Sacha Baron Cohen’s speech at ADL 2019 event: #mustwatch on Social Media !

Sacha Baron Cohen’s hard-hitting and merciless talk on Social Media (ADL conference)

MUST WATCH

“Sacha Baron Cohen is the well-deserved recipient of ADL’s International Leadership Award, which goes to exceptional individuals who combine professional success with a profound personal commitment to community involvement and to crossing borders and barriers with a message of diversity and equal opportunity. Over 100 years ago Supreme Court Justice Louis Brandeis wrote: “Sunlight is said to be the best disinfectant.” Through his alter egos, many of whom represent anti-Semites, racists and neo-Nazis, Baron Cohen shines a piercing light on people’s ignorance and biases…”

Author: Gerd Leonhard

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