I'm really uncomfortable with panel's comfortable use of the word "overrepresentation" with respect to Jews in X, Y & Z industries or careers. How can that NOT be viewed in a biased, racist, and yes, antisemitic light? For whatever reason, though many studies have been done over the centuries, Jews seem to have an affinity and an abilit…
I'm really uncomfortable with panel's comfortable use of the word "overrepresentation" with respect to Jews in X, Y & Z industries or careers. How can that NOT be viewed in a biased, racist, and yes, antisemitic light? For whatever reason, though many studies have been done over the centuries, Jews seem to have an affinity and an ability to excel in the arts: music performance, music composition, painting, literature, playwriting, theatre, and the movie industry. It's just a fact, but not a nefarious fact...nor something that requires an apology from Leonard Bernstein, Arthur Rubinstein, Vladimir Horowitz, Isaac Stern, Barbara Streisand, Irving Berlin, George Gershwin, Benny Goodwin, Kirk & Michael Douglas, etc...etc. ...etc. They were (are) among the best at what they did (do), as judged by the masses. But, Jews are scrutinized and bashed for this apparently untoward ability to "overrepresent" themselves in certain industries. But, it would be considered racist, or met with an eye-roll of the obvious, if you mentioned that 73.2% of NBA players are black., or that 57.5% of NFL players are African-American, and that THAT might represent an "overrepresentation" in these lucrative professional sports. Professional sports teams are composed of the best players...what's there to argue about? Yet, because "underrepresentation" is also a word, there's an awful lot of noise made about the (apparently racist) fact that there are only 3 head coaches in the NFL, though 32 teams exist.
I'm really uncomfortable with panel's comfortable use of the word "overrepresentation" with respect to Jews in X, Y & Z industries or careers. How can that NOT be viewed in a biased, racist, and yes, antisemitic light? For whatever reason, though many studies have been done over the centuries, Jews seem to have an affinity and an ability to excel in the arts: music performance, music composition, painting, literature, playwriting, theatre, and the movie industry. It's just a fact, but not a nefarious fact...nor something that requires an apology from Leonard Bernstein, Arthur Rubinstein, Vladimir Horowitz, Isaac Stern, Barbara Streisand, Irving Berlin, George Gershwin, Benny Goodwin, Kirk & Michael Douglas, etc...etc. ...etc. They were (are) among the best at what they did (do), as judged by the masses. But, Jews are scrutinized and bashed for this apparently untoward ability to "overrepresent" themselves in certain industries. But, it would be considered racist, or met with an eye-roll of the obvious, if you mentioned that 73.2% of NBA players are black., or that 57.5% of NFL players are African-American, and that THAT might represent an "overrepresentation" in these lucrative professional sports. Professional sports teams are composed of the best players...what's there to argue about? Yet, because "underrepresentation" is also a word, there's an awful lot of noise made about the (apparently racist) fact that there are only 3 head coaches in the NFL, though 32 teams exist.