In addition to a robust discussion of what antisemitism is, the curriculum also includes what antisemitism is not, distinguishing between antisemitism and criticism of, or opposition to, Israel or Zionism.
“I don’t play for Boston. I play for the Celtics,” Bill Russell famously said, a sentiment that succinctly summed up the star player’s frustrations with the racism in his adopted city, where he had an unbelievably successful run in the ’50s and ’60s
The ongoing influence of slavery and Jim Crow means high poverty rates and low economic mobility in the South
We are not talking about geography (Dakar is much further west than Rome), but race: the West we are talking about substantially coincides with the white race.
Former ADL education director lays bare the dirty secret: "ADL has long abandoned its stated mission of securing justice and fair treatment for all. Instead, it shields Israel from criticism over its decades-long oppression of the Palestinian people"
Discussion of Mr. Musk often misses something: He is a white South African, part of a demographic that for centuries sat atop a racial hierarchy maintained by violent colonial rule. That history matters. He is in fact a distinctly ideological figure.
Trump's actions signal need to understand global history of white supremacy. His executive order "human rights violations occurring in South Africa" echo a long history of support for racism in Southern Africa, for apartheid South Africa and Rhodesia
Think prejudice is overblown? A social psychologist provides the receipts in this densely informative but highly readable account
It is the Palestinian’s people’s refusal to disappear, to hang on to their land, that has led so many Israelis to deploy the racist imagery of “human animals.”
Interview with Dr. Maurice Jackson about his new book on the use of sport and music. Traditionally not fields touched on extensively in intellectual history, the book builds on both of these to create a rich tapestry of life in Washington, D.C.
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