Article 6815G What I tell my Black Jewish children about Kanye West, antisemitism and race | Jason Stanley

What I tell my Black Jewish children about Kanye West, antisemitism and race | Jason Stanley

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Jason Stanley
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Claims of Black antisemitism' are a dangerous distraction. The truth is the fates of Black and Jewish Americans are linked

My children are blessed to have been raised in a country different from the Germany of the 1930s and the Poland of the immediate postwar era. Both of my parents are refugees from European antisemitism, and my mother's comments about her experiences in Poland can seem mysterious to my kids. They haven't been raised with material exhibitions of antisemitism, and our discussions about it over the years have seemed more like lessons in history.

But antisemitism is on the rise again in the United States. Harmful tropes have returned to explicit politics, with help from the last president. Meanwhile, remarks by Kanye West and Nick Cannon echo ancient conspiratorial themes.

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