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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]The article yesterday about Whoopi contributing a recipe for a fancy pants CT community cookbook back in the 90s confirms what I thought: she thinks joking about or punching down on Jews is totally fine because she simply doesn’t understand their plight.

The recipe she submitted: Jewish American Princess Fried Chicken.

A black guy on Fox News last week (I think his name is Tyrus and he’s on Gutfeld’s show—saw the clip on YouTube) explained that Whoopi is basically an old black lady and her lack of awareness (at best) or antsemitism (my word, not his) is common among her demographic. That also tracks with my real world experience.

In short: she doesn’t understand the plight of the Jews because she’s spent her life believing stereotypes. Her worldview is that Jews hold all the power. They’re the most powerful, privileged of the whites. As such, how could they really know suffering?

And as a black person, she sees black/white racism as the sole lens of everything. It’s a very American way of thinking, and it’s not new.

I bet you a million bucks that if you asked Whoopi or any black person her age how she feels about Asians, she would probably argue they aren’t a persecuted race either. She would say they are practically white and privileged. I can’t tell you how many times I’ve heard that from older black Americans.

FTR, the people on the fox segment were seemingly defending Whoopi. They said she was wrong, learned from her mistake, and apologized. [/quote]
Way to defend Jews by stereotyping Black people. What an idiot.[/quote]

That wasn’t my intention.

From my perspective as a white person, I think racism and bias are literally everywhere…and everyone has the capacity for bias, prejudice, etc. Furthermore, all racism/prejudice is wrong. For whatever reason, many black Americans feel like their experience with racism trumps everything else. And as evidenced by Whoopi’s clunky and bizarre comments and actions, antisemitism doesn’t even register in the minds of some black people—particularly older black Americans.

I thought Tyrus’ comments were spot on.

Bill Maher weighed in to essentially say of course black people have a different life experience and perspective on things. He gave the example of Whoopi’s comments on the Michael Vick dog scandal as a prime example; she defended Vick by saying he grew up in a culture where dogs were used for sport. Similarly, many black Americans—as well as white Americans—grew up in a culture of antisemitism where Jews are considered powerful and privileged and their plight is simply ignored or forgotten.

I’m curious if McWhorter has weighed in on this. [/quote]

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