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2016 Postmortem
Related: About this forumTrump Has Unleashed a Wave of Anti-Semitic Hatred
Source: Newsweek
As a middle-class, white Ashkenazi Jew living in California in 2016, Ive been privileged to avoid the systemic, cultural and interpersonal racism faced by many Muslims, immigrants and people of color across the U.S. today.
However, my uncle was not as fortunate. He was a Holocaust survivor who saw his entire family killed in front of him in a concentration camp. Although overt, violent anti-Semitism is largely absent from the United States and has not been part of my experience, Ive begun to see a shift in the past six months.
Donald Trumps presidential campaign has forced me and thousands of other American Jews to face anti-Semitic threats for the first time. Throughout the election cycle, Jews have used a hashtag created by Bend the Arc Jewish Action, #WeveSeenThisBefore, as a reminder that Trumps rhetoric and bigotry echo demagogues of the past.
After a national anti-Trump rally organized by Bend the Arc in June made the hashtag viral on social media, anti-Semitic white supremacists got hold of it and twisted it to spread hate on Twitter, specifically targeting Jews like myself who were organizing against Trump.
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The least-hurtful attacks spoke of big noses, bad hair and going back to Israel, but then came the explicit threats of violence. In my case, I was bombarded with horrifying Photoshopped images of my face in a cartoon gas chamber, with Trump pushing the button.
However, my uncle was not as fortunate. He was a Holocaust survivor who saw his entire family killed in front of him in a concentration camp. Although overt, violent anti-Semitism is largely absent from the United States and has not been part of my experience, Ive begun to see a shift in the past six months.
Donald Trumps presidential campaign has forced me and thousands of other American Jews to face anti-Semitic threats for the first time. Throughout the election cycle, Jews have used a hashtag created by Bend the Arc Jewish Action, #WeveSeenThisBefore, as a reminder that Trumps rhetoric and bigotry echo demagogues of the past.
After a national anti-Trump rally organized by Bend the Arc in June made the hashtag viral on social media, anti-Semitic white supremacists got hold of it and twisted it to spread hate on Twitter, specifically targeting Jews like myself who were organizing against Trump.
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The least-hurtful attacks spoke of big noses, bad hair and going back to Israel, but then came the explicit threats of violence. In my case, I was bombarded with horrifying Photoshopped images of my face in a cartoon gas chamber, with Trump pushing the button.
Read more: http://www.newsweek.com/trump-has-unleashed-wave-anti-semitic-hatred-516656
One of the more horrifying aspects of Trump's campaign is that he brought the alt right out of the shadows and gave them a sort of legitimacy.
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Trump Has Unleashed a Wave of Anti-Semitic Hatred (Original Post)
demmiblue
Nov 2016
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Bernie Sanders would have too! The irony: GrOPers use Sander's trip to Russia as a negativism.
TheBlackAdder
Nov 2016
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TheBlackAdder
(28,182 posts)1. Bernie Sanders would have too! The irony: GrOPers use Sander's trip to Russia as a negativism.
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Yet, somehow Trump's Russian connections are OK.
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Historic NY
(37,449 posts)2. Wonder how his son in law feels.
SCRUBDASHRUB
(7,252 posts)3. Ivanka converted, so Trump's daughter and grandchildren
are Jewish.
Nye Bevan
(25,406 posts)4. Trump repeatedly mentioned Sidney Blumenthal in the debates.
A name which most people will not be familiar with, so probably only brought up as an anti-Semitic dogwhistle.