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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]There are quite a few Jewish professors at BC, & the area surrounding the campus is heavily Jewish. It’s just not the type of place where antisemitism would be condoned.

[b]Many of the Catholic students there come from ancestry (Irish, Italian, Polish, Hispanic etc) which was harassed. It would be considered very very uncool to turn on Jews there[/b]. [/quote]

This analysis is just nuts.[/quote]

I understand what they mean.  They are point out Catholics that come from immigrant backgrounds whose family members were discriminated against (very much so in their time).  The PP is suggesting that their communities/families carry that history with them would not want to be divisive - especially as Catholics choosing a Jesuit order, they are more likely to be inclusive of others. [/quote]

Uh, hardly! These students’ great grandparents immigrated. Kids of Irish/italian descent do not feel discriminated against. They are not particularly sensitive to discrimination because their great grandparents may have experienced it 🙄

Many Catholic kids come from Democrat families and Catholic schools so in that sense they’re more willing to understand others’ perspectives, hardships and struggles. But, many a Catholic boy have made anti-Semitic comments to each other in “joking” - I hope things have improved and this isn’t the case today. But they can live insular lives in their Catholic towns and at their Catholic schools. That’s reality. [/quote]

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