By all accounts it does seem like anti-semitic incidents rose after Trump was elected... 4 or 5 incidents a day instead of 3. Is that a notable rise? I dunno
To me, definitely! A rise by a third seems like a lot. But I definitely take your overall point and think it's an important one. I found the article you linked frustrating – a lot of it was broadly accurate, but to me at least, misleading, particularly in how it conceptualises lefty perspectives. (Which of course leaves me suspicious of its discussion of the right, which I know less about.) Dear article writer, pls some statistics and/or specific examples.
In particular, I wrote like 3 paragraphs about how “in Britain, we don't deny that anti-Semitism exists” is utter shameless bollocks and then deleted it out of mercy, lmao. But WOW that is not at all my experience. It was briefly and intensely discussed, and that discussion promptly evaporated, and we're back to “it'll go away if we pretend it's not there”.
To this NY metro area Jew, this is crazy. Swastikas getting graffitied in the city is not a new thing, it's not a reason to flee, it's just life. The idea that London in 2014 suddenly became dangerous for Jews and it was time to leave is a sign of a bizarrely privileged Jewish identity.
Interesting. I definitely remember noticing swastikas in London twice around that time, and being surprised (& upset) - but ofc it's very possible it'd been going on before and I hadn't noticed.
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Date: 2020-09-10 05:07 pm (UTC)To me, definitely! A rise by a third seems like a lot. But I definitely take your overall point and think it's an important one. I found the article you linked frustrating – a lot of it was broadly accurate, but to me at least, misleading, particularly in how it conceptualises lefty perspectives. (Which of course leaves me suspicious of its discussion of the right, which I know less about.) Dear article writer, pls some statistics and/or specific examples.
In particular, I wrote like 3 paragraphs about how “in Britain, we don't deny that anti-Semitism exists” is utter shameless bollocks and then deleted it out of mercy, lmao. But WOW that is not at all my experience. It was briefly and intensely discussed, and that discussion promptly evaporated, and we're back to “it'll go away if we pretend it's not there”.
To this NY metro area Jew, this is crazy. Swastikas getting graffitied in the city is not a new thing, it's not a reason to flee, it's just life. The idea that London in 2014 suddenly became dangerous for Jews and it was time to leave is a sign of a bizarrely privileged Jewish identity.
Interesting. I definitely remember noticing swastikas in London twice around that time, and being surprised (& upset) - but ofc it's very possible it'd been going on before and I hadn't noticed.