I suspect that many liberal Jews have secretly believed this for a long time and that fear is what drives many of them to be such ardent supporters of black causes. Just a thought.
“I suspect that many liberal Jews have secretly believed this for a long time and that fear is what drives many of them to be such ardent supporters of black causes. Just a thought.”
I think you are making a legitimate point. Jewish people tend to be very liberal as a group and they certainly have supported all kinds of civil rights causes in the past. THe problem is they also support some very radical groups. Does anyone here remember the Tom Wolfe book, “Radical Chic and Mau Mauing the Flak Catchers”. Wolfe writes about the kind of urbane Jewish liberal like composer Leonard Bernstein who wined and dined Black panthers like Bobby Seale in their pent house pads. I am not sure what drives them to these lengths but guilt , real or imagined, for something must be considered a possibility.