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Nye Bevan

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5. As someone with a clearly Gentile name, I have heard anti-Semitic views expressed many times,

Mon Feb 8, 2016, 08:15 PM

Feb 2016

always by white people. I find the most shocking aspect of this to be the fact that this anti-Semitism frequently is expressed by relatively young people, whereas most overtly racist comments I hear tend to come from the older generation (think: racist old uncle). And the anti-Semitism is generally expressed unapologetically as though the person fully expects me to agree with them (which of course I do not).

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It might be from the pages of WaPo, but is that really the sort of article Erich Bloodaxe BSN Feb 2016 #1

We've already seen it on display. HooptieWagon Feb 2016 #2

This a really incredible post melman Feb 2016 #13

No way. linuxman Feb 2016 #3

I haven't heard a genuine anti-semitic remark in decades bhikkhu Feb 2016 #4

I guess you weren't listening to anything Jesse Jackson said in 1984 CBGLuthier Feb 2016 #10

As someone with a clearly Gentile name, I have heard anti-Semitic views expressed many times, Nye Bevan Feb 2016 #5

They are old fashioned Christians. hunter Feb 2016 #6

Incorrect. Behind the Aegis Feb 2016 #8

I wouldn't say "very rare", but not common. Behind the Aegis Feb 2016 #7

I know a "Christian" who carries on negatively about Jews Fumesucker Feb 2016 #9

. Quantess Feb 2016 #11

Only black anti-semities out there I know of romanic Feb 2016 #12