The New Progressivism Makes No Room for Jews
Unless they are busy “recognizing their complicity in white supremacy.”
October 25, 2022
Unless they are busy “recognizing their complicity in white supremacy.”
In 2016, as “intersectionality” escaped from academia to become a progressive buzzword—and came to to signify a doctrine that all just causes are linked and complementary—David L. Bernstein began to suspect that it was apt to be used against the Jews. As he pointed out in an article published that year, activists argued under the banner of intersectionality that anyone opposed to racism in the U.S. should also oppose the existence of Israel. He thought, however, that there was hope:
Unless they are busy “recognizing their complicity in white supremacy.”
For decades, Arab rulers have used hostility toward the Jewish state to justify their despotism.
The parallels to 1978 are hard to ignore.
What have the sultans ever done for us?
From King James to Koren.
In 2016, as “intersectionality” escaped from academia to become a progressive buzzword—and came to to signify a doctrine that all just causes are linked and complementary—David L. Bernstein began to suspect that it was apt to be used against the Jews. As he pointed out in an article published that year, activists argued under the banner of intersectionality that anyone opposed to racism in the U.S. should also oppose the existence of Israel. He thought, however, that there was hope:
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