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MosheFeingold

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9. The overwhelming majority of anti-Jewish hate crimes
Mon Nov 5, 2018, 11:36 AM
Nov 2018

Don't come from who one would rationally expect, at least without some thought.

The majority of the perps are also minorities, typically African-American, followed by Muslims or middle-easterners.

It makes sense when you dig into the numbers a bit --- a solid plurality of African Americans hold anti-Semitic beliefs and the solid majority of Muslims hold anti-Semitic beliefs, whereas even among Trump supporting whites, it's a small percentage.

It's really pretty typical.

The most anti-black group in the USA? Hispanics, followed by Asians.

The most anti-Hispanic? African-Americans, followed by Asians.

The most anti-Asian? African-Americans, followed by Hispanics.

The most anti-Muslim? Jewish people, followed by Hispanics, followed by Asians, followed by African-Americans.

In all cases, whites ("Anglos" in my adopted state of NM) are the least likely to have biases.

I don't really understand the reasons, except to refer back to my childhood in 1930s NYC (yes, I am that old). I lived in a Jewish block. Our big enemies were the Italians, followed by the Irish. We got along fine with African-Americans, as they had their own thing going on (ironically due to de facto segregation). In fact, the African Americans were considered an inspirational group, as they were deemed successful.

We were fighting for the scraps against the Italians. Ergo, we hated them.

I don't know if that is what is going on, but I suspect it to be the case.

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