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===Modern opinions on Robeson and the Soviet Union===

===Modern opinions on Robeson and the Soviet Union===

Many anti-communist scholars and journalists cite Robeson's friendship with the peoples of USSR and his deep admiration of [[Russian culture]] and refer to him a [[Stalinist]] which effectively negates his other achievements and political affiliations including his lifetime connections and friendships with American and [[European Jews]]<ref>Faingold, Noma. "Paul Robeson: forgotten hero of Jews, African-Americans" ''Jewish News Weekly'', July 1998</ref><ref>Karp, Jonathan. "Performing Black-Jewish Symbiosis: The "Hassidic Chant" of Paul Robeson", ''American Jewish History'', Volume 91, Number 1, March 2003, pp. 53-81</ref> Movie reviewer, [[Richard Corliss]] wrote in 1998 that Robeson "... was also a stubborn apologist for communism, Stalin-style." and that he "... could sell sand to Saharans, but he couldn't peddle Stalin to America.... If Robeson rejected a homegrown system of oppression to embrace another, more toxic one, that was his right."

Many anti-communist scholars and journalists cite Robeson's friendship with the peoples of USSR and his deep admiration of [[Russian culture]] and refer to him a [[Stalinist]] which effectively negates his other achievements and political affiliations including his lifetime connections and friendships with American and [[European Jews]]<ref>Faingold, Noma. "Paul Robeson: forgotten hero of Jews, African-Americans" ''Jewish News Weekly'', July 1998</ref><ref>Karp, Jonathan. "Performing Black-Jewish Symbiosis: The "Hassidic Chant" of Paul Robeson", ''American Jewish History'', Volume 91, Number 1, March 2003, pp. 53-81</ref> Movie reviewer [[Richard Corliss]] in 1998 called Robeson "a stubborn apologist for communism, Stalin-style.... He could sell sand to Saharans, but he couldn't peddle Stalin to America.... If Robeson rejected a homegrown system of oppression to embrace another, more toxic one, that was his right."<ref>Richard Corliss, "[http://www.time.com/time/magazine/1998/int/980420/appreciation.ol_man_char25.html Ol' Man Charisma, Paul Robeson: 1898-1976]," ''Time'', Vol. 151, No. 16 (April 20, 1998)</ref>

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