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It’s just as wrong for a Jew to be racist as it is for a non-Jew to be antisemitic. “
RebYidd23, I disagree with you, respectfully of course, as you compare apples with oranges. People who are anti-Semitic, traditionally are so, simply because we are Jews. Esav Sonei Es Yaakov. Halacha l’maaseh
When a Jew is racist, it is usually because of the reports of violent crimes that are publicized,or a bad personal experience we might have had, and/or something negative we have repeatedly observed being done by a group of the people who evoke “racist” feelings in us. That is something that is based in reality.
Most Jews are hated by non-Jews for no reason other than the fact that they are Jews. And though tragically there are Jews who commit Chillulei Hashem, there are far fewer of them than the majority of people whom we fear to see walking down a dark street at night. I would still feel safer running into Bernie Madoff, than into OJ Simpson. If that makes me a racist, so be it. I am sick and tired of politically correct sycophants. When I see Muslim women walk down the streets of our mostly Jewish neighborhood, my first thought (I am sorry to say) is that I hope she doesn’t have explosives under her burqa. I feel this way for a very sound reason – their proven track record. Racism? Some people call it profiling or common sense.