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snotwhat t1_iu3tblx wrote

Reply to comment by [deleted] in Former Ravens player Torrey Smith apologizes for tweets about rapper Ye that Baltimore City councilman called antisemitic by aresef

Yes, it is antisemitic to use “but historically they have been in powerful positions” to not take seriously the fact that Jewish people make up less than 2% of the world population, most ARE NOT RICH AND POWERFUL. Jewish people historically have not been able to own property, so they lent money, sold jewels, and this is as a community. Things have a changed a bit, but there are still way more Christian people in powerful positions. So when issues happen to Jewish people it’s easy to push it off as. “We’ll, they are all connected anyway, right?”

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megalomike t1_iu3vi6e wrote

i love these "antisemitism is rooted in historical truths" arguments that cherry pick lending money because usury was against the law but ignore the fact that JUDAISM was against the law.

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Scrilla_Gorilla_ t1_iu4621l wrote

> Jewish people historically have not been able to own property, so they lent money, sold jewels, and this is as a community.

When in history did Jewish people stop being heavily involved in those industries?

I agree there are way more Christian people in powerful positions, personally I think they are overrepresented in government and plenty of other areas.

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snotwhat t1_iu7a0fu wrote

This is a pretty good break down of some of the questions you are asking. https://www.ajc.org/news/10-tough-questions-on-antisemitism-explained

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Scrilla_Gorilla_ t1_iu7emh9 wrote

Thanks for sharing that.

I think my issue here was responding to the person who said, "this is not going to dissaude him from the racist opinion that the Jewish people are disproportionately influential in many areas of life." Obviously it seemed like I was disagreeing with that, I apologize, that was not my intent. Just because Jewish people might tend to work in a specific industry for whatever reason (possibly based in historic or current racism) doesn't mean they're disproportionately influential. I don't think Jews control the banking industry anymore than I think Hispanics control the landscaping industry. Apologies if I offended anyone.

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snotwhat t1_iuhkycl wrote

I’m just now seeing your response. Thank you for reading this and being open-minded. I appreciate your response.

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todareistobmore t1_iu7x01i wrote

> there are still way more Christian people in powerful positions

Why would 'Christian people' be the appropriate frame of reference here rather than Black people given what Smith actually said?

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