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is it safe to say that anti-Semitism is almost non-existanct in this century among white, Christian Americans?
I realize that sizable portions of the black, Latino and Arab Muslim community in America still dislike Jews, but it seems to me that conservative, Christian whites, who would have been anti-semitic 50 years ago, are now very vocal in proclaiming their solidarity with the Jewish people. If i recall correctly, some ultra-right wing Christian politician from Utah made some kind of song and dance a while back about how much he loves Jews.
As for left wing whites, i realize that conservatives often paint them as anti-semites because they sometimes criticize Israel, but face it, not many lefties are burning crosses on the lawns of families that just happan to be named Goldstein or Steinwitz....and most Leftists worship influential Jewish people like Chomsky, Jon Stewart, Bill Maher and Naomi Klein. I've never heard of Leftists treating somebody badly because they are of Jewish ancestry, maybe if they are Israeli army officers, but not just because they have semitic blood.
I realize that maybe there are still a contingent of white Americans who hate everyone of Jewish bloodlines and see Jews as subhuman demons, but face it, these are mostly people who live in their parents basement, posting conspiracy theories up at Stormfront.com...they are not an important part of American society and are nowhere close to being as organized or as militant or as vicious as Russias skinheads or even British white nationalists (who by the way, have somewhat dropped that whole anti-Jewish thing in favor of anti-islam)
White conservative Christian anti-semites in America are about as important a demographic group as diehard Godzilla fans in America, small in numbers, mostly fat, mostly basement-dwelling, mostly harmless.
I still encounter white Christian Conservatives often that harbor at least some form of prejudice against Latinos, Blacks, or (most often) Arabs....but never, ever Jews.
I realize this is more of a rant than a question, but if you feel i'm wrong, please say so....it just seems to me that in the past 50 years or so, White American society has moved from being highly anti-semitic to die-hard,obsessively in love with anything Jewish. This is a good thing by the way, i just wish that in another few years, whites will love Blacks, Latinos and Arabs just as much as they love Jews.
It still exists in the Bible Belt. It is subtle but it is still there. They think Jews killed Jesus and don't have a favorable view of Jews. Even on this forum, the anti-Israeli type of threads usually originate from people living in this area. They have a hierarchy. They dislike Muslims and non-Christian faith believers more but they consider Judaism to be an inferior faith and incomplete. You probably won't encounter discrimination until you decide to seriously date one of them. Then you will witness this form of discrimination. They will try to convert you or they will say they can't engage into a long term relationship with you because of your faith and their family won't approve. Yes, it's there. Don't think they have forgotten about you just because they are infatuated with Muslims right now.
is it safe to say that anti-Semitism is almost non-existanct in this century among white, Christian Americans?
I realize that sizable portions of the black, Latino and Arab Muslim community in America still dislike Jews, but it seems to me that conservative, Christian whites, who would have been anti-semitic 50 years ago, are now very vocal in proclaiming their solidarity with the Jewish people. If i recall correctly, some ultra-right wing Christian politician from Utah made some kind of song and dance a while back about how much he loves Jews.
As for left wing whites, i realize that conservatives often paint them as anti-semites because they sometimes criticize Israel, but face it, not many lefties are burning crosses on the lawns of families that just happan to be named Goldstein or Steinwitz....and most Leftists worship influential Jewish people like Chomsky, Jon Stewart, Bill Maher and Naomi Klein. I've never heard of Leftists treating somebody badly because they are of Jewish ancestry, maybe if they are Israeli army officers, but not just because they have semitic blood.
I realize that maybe there are still a contingent of white Americans who hate everyone of Jewish bloodlines and see Jews as subhuman demons, but face it, these are mostly people who live in their parents basement, posting conspiracy theories up at Stormfront.com...they are not an important part of American society and are nowhere close to being as organized or as militant or as vicious as Russias skinheads or even British white nationalists (who by the way, have somewhat dropped that whole anti-Jewish thing in favor of anti-islam)
White conservative Christian anti-semites in America are about as important a demographic group as diehard Godzilla fans in America, small in numbers, mostly fat, mostly basement-dwelling, mostly harmless.
I still encounter white Christian Conservatives often that harbor at least some form of prejudice against Latinos, Blacks, or (most often) Arabs....but never, ever Jews.
I realize this is more of a rant than a question, but if you feel i'm wrong, please say so....it just seems to me that in the past 50 years or so, White American society has moved from being highly anti-semitic to die-hard,obsessively in love with anything Jewish. This is a good thing by the way, i just wish that in another few years, whites will love Blacks, Latinos and Arabs just as much as they love Jews.
I don't think you are wrong, at all, but do think that you are wrong when you call Jews the only Semites. I think you will find that the real Jews came from the same early bloodlines as the Arabic people came from. In other words, they are both Semites. The Arabic people don't all hate Jews other than politically.
Good thread opener, no matter how much I do or don't agree with it.
No problem with Jews here in our area. Been to Israel twice and loved it except for the Muslim sections.
If your sister married a Jew and was asked to convert to Judaism, you are telling me your family would have not problem with that? I guarantee the people in your area would very much be opposed to that. In the South, it's gotten to the point that discrimination is not open any longer and only shows it's head in these intimate situations.
Also, a big reason why your area isn't open armed toward Jews is because many Jews fought for Civil Rights
If your sister married a Jew and was asked to convert to Judaism, you are telling me your family would have not problem with that? I guarantee the people in your area would very much be opposed to that. In the South, it's gotten to the point that discrimination is not open any longer and only shows it's head in these intimate situations.
Also, a big reason why your area isn't open armed toward Jews is because many Jews fought for Civil Rights
I've heard people say that the South, despite anti-black and anti-foreigner sentiment in the past, has always been reletively Jew-friendly. Apparantly, Charleston and Savannha have old Jewish communities that fought in the civil war for the South and have been mostly respected by White Christians throughout the ages.
Might be true, most of the famous American anti-semites in history such as Henry Ford, Charles Lindburgh, Father Coughlin, etc, etc were northerners (specifically, Detroiters)
Anti-semitism is still very much alive throughout America.
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