Re: Re: How about saying it in your own words?
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Originally posted by KYS
Originally posted by IttyBittyKitty: Back to the point of the use of the word "Racism"versus "Bigotry" or "Prejudice." I would, myself, have no qualms in using the word "Racism" in describing anti-semitism as Jewish people were, as Semetic peoples, racially distinct from other Caucasians before the Holocaust. This ancestry has been diluted somewhat since, but it still remains and many Jews bear the unique phsyical characteristics associated with that race.
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I am a bit confused by this meaning?
Being Jewish is a religion and not a race: Check your
main stream History books and Encyclopedia.
The first Christians were Jewish.
I have checked many history books on this matter, and other historical matters, having studied university history whilst still in high school and having a continued interest in this (and other) historical subjects. I didn't continue on as there are approximately zero jobs for arts graduates in this country.
Up until very recent times, the Jewish people remained a distinct race as persecution was very successful in preventing them from mixing with other races. The idea of segregation, or "Ghettoes," was not unique to Nazi Germany. It is a practice that is centuries old. The Nazis, in particular, persecuted the Jews on a basis of their racial difference to the Aryans - the idea that, as jews, they were a "sub-human" people.
Even today, it is acknowledged that Jews still have unique characteristic. One example is their intelligence - a characteristic for which they were often persecuted, as they were seen as "cunning" rather than simply shrewd.