University of Utah
Salt Lake City
>From: "Moumine Ballo"
>To: malilink@mali.net
>Subject: Re: [malilink] CRITICAL BUT NOT RACIST
>Date: Mon, 08 Jul 2002 13:02:41 -0400
>
>I agree with Nicole's analysis. Seemingly, one can ask what
>responsibilities have Black played in slavery without being racist
>but unless you are Jew yourself, placing any responsibilitie on Jews
>for the Holocaust would be seen as pure antisemitism.
>
>While Israel is playing the racial card to shut people up and make
>the maximum profit of the current world geopolitics highly in its
>advantage, I believe its citizen should stand up against injustice
>and violations of human rights and international treaties. We all
>see terrorist attacks on tv, but journalists have been prevented
>from covering Israel's incursions and Israel has rejected the U.N
>fact finding mission...
>
>When the wheel of history is in your advantage, you should use it
>wisely because what goes around comes around.
>
>Moumine
>
>>From: "Amadou O. Wane"
>>To:
>>Subject: [malilink] CRITICAL BUT NOT RACIST
>>Date: Sun, 7 Jul 2002 22:41:44 -0400
>>
>>CRITICAL BUT NOT RACIST
>>Washington Post, 7/6/02
>>http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A30749-2002Jul5.html
>>
>>As an American Jew, I am outraged by Abraham Foxman's irrational
>>conclusions from the Anti-Defamation League's poll on anti-Semitism
>>in
>>Europe [op-ed, June 27]. Although attacks on synagogues are
>>undoubtedly
>>troubling and cause for concern, Foxman's assessments of the trends
>>associated with these attacks are so contrived as to be utterly
>>puzzling.
>>
>>If 45 percent of those Europeans polled think that most Jews have a
>>strong
>>loyalty to Israel, they are right -- from an early age, we are
>>taught that
>>Israel is a homeland to Jews, and thus most Jews develop a strong
>>connection to it. This perception being accurate, how is it that
>>those who
>>have noticed can be categorized as anti-Semitic?
>>
>>By the same token, Foxman reports that 62 percent of those polled
>>see the
>>outbreak of violence against Jews as a result of anti-Israel
>>sentiment, not
>>anti-Jewish feelings. Yes, criticism of Israeli policies is on the
>>rise.
>>But how is this tantamount to anti-Semitism? If I criticize the
>>government
>>of Zimbabwe, am I somehow a racist?
>>
>>Many Jews, myself included, are highly critical of Prime Minister
>>Ariel
>>Sharon's policies, as they feed into an endless cycle of violence
>>that
>>threatens Jewish and Arab lives. We are long overdue for a serious
>>intellectual inquiry as to how the president of a leading American
>>Jewish
>>organization can falsely equate criticism of Israel with
>>anti-Semitism, or,
>>as I prefer to more accurately call the phenomenon, anti-Jewish
>>sentiments.
>>Our cousins the Arabs are Semitic too.
>>
>>-- Nicole Dannenberg Sorger
>>
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