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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]This is a very interesting article about anti-Semitism on college campuses.

https://www.insidehighered.com/views/2021/02/02/anti-semitism-major-problem-campuses-and-students-must-be-educated-about-it-opinion

It talks in part about surveys around what 18-29 year olds know and don’t know about anti-Semitism. Critically, it seems most college students do not use Jews’ perspectives on what is anti-Semitic to guide them as to what is indeed anti-Semitic:

Our survey asked this question: “If a Jewish person or organization considered a statement or idea to be anti-Semitic, would that make you more likely to consider it anti-Semitic, less likely, or would it make no difference to you?” About two-thirds, or 64 percent, of people aged 18 to 29 said it would make no difference to them if a Jewish person told them something was anti-Semitic. Another 21 percent said that such protestation from Jews would make them less likely to consider something anti-Semitic. To fight anti-Semitism as seriously as we confront any other bigotry, we must normalize believing Jews.

It also says that 41% of American Jews aged 18-29 had been a victim of an anti-Semitic remark or attack. [/quote]

Thank you for posting this.  I’m still having trouble wrapping my head around the idea that 21 percent of those surveyed would be LESS likely to consider something as being anti-Semitic if they were told by a Jewish person or organization that it was, indeed, considered to be anti-Semitic.

I’ll add though, that the article is wrong about the “respect “ accorded to a Black person who deems something to be “racist “.  Reading through some of the DCUM threads suggest that at least some of the time, this is very much not the case.

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If you read this thread from the beginning, you might understand the survey results.[/quote]

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