[Peace-discuss] Anti-racism

[Marti Wilkinson]

For many people racism is not something that can be separated from racial
prejudice, and it can be argued that even attempting to make such a
distinction is consistent with a privileged mindset.

On Wed, Mar 4, 2009 at 8:23 PM, C. G. Estabrook <galliher at illinois.edu>wrote:

> [Racism refers to legal structures that penalize groups defined by descent.
> Racial prejudice refers to censorious attitudes towards groups defined by
> descent.  Both are present in Israel. Racism, but not racial prejudice, is
> now largely absent in the US (altho' some, like native Americans, may justly
> not think so).  --CGE]
>
>        March 4, 2009
>        SEGREGATION IN ISRAEL
>
> Israeli Association for Civil Rights
>
> Some 55 percent of Jewish Israelis say that the state should encourage Arab
> emigration;
>
> 78 percent of Jewish Israelis oppose including Arab parties in the
> government;
>
> 56 percent agree with the statement that 'Arabs cannot attain the Jewish
> level of cultural development'
>
> 75 percent agree that Arabs are inclined to be violent. Among
> Arab-Israelis, 54 percent feel the same way about Jews.
>
> 75 percent of Israeli Jews say they would not live in the same building as
> Arabs.
>
> http://prorev.com/2009/03/segregation-in-israel.html
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