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[quote=Anonymous]It was not my intent either, but you kept coming back at me with accusations and slander so I had to defend myself before asking the question again which I still feel you just gave lip service to. Basically I heard "we have a long cultural history which is enough to warrant segregation if some jews so want so what's it to you if we decide to exclude others". Your responses were not in the spirit of an AMA forum. No AMA forum I've seen has thrown insults at the people who've asked questions. At this point I do agree the forum should be locked. Not because of anything outrageous that's been asked, but because you have no intention of answering anything thoughtful about jews or judaism and the OP seems to be long gone.

It is interesting though that while writing, it brought me back to the memory that the year of rush was also right after the Crown Heights incident in NY which was definitely talked about on campus. There was quite a bit of animosity among jews and blacks who didn't have much relation to the actual incident and there was exclusion on both sides for little reason as well. I looked up the Crown Heights incident and found that animosity still exists except that it's not noticed as much anymore because the people who lived there are gradually moving away as more hipsters move in. Their main complaint on either side was that the other group didn't seem to trust them or interact with them. So sad, that even after all those years, those two groups couldn't become more amicable. While people can live exclusive lives legally in most aspects, I think it creates a feeling of uneasiness and it is not the type of neighborhood I want my children growing up in. Hopefully parents will allow their children to have an open mind when making friends in this next generation.

http://www.newyorker.com/news/news-desk/crown-heights-twenty-years-after-the-riots
http://www.nytimes.com/2014/07/06/realestate/crown-heights-brooklyn-gets-its-turn.html?_r=0
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