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> Antisemitism has been explained in terms of racism, xenophobia, projected guilt, displaced aggression, and the search for a scapegoat.[243] Some explanations
by X6S1x6Okd1st 5y ago
> Antisemitism has been explained in terms of racism, xenophobia, projected guilt, displaced aggression, and the search for a scapegoat.[243] Some explanations assign partial blame to the perception of Jewish people as unsociable. Such a perception may have arisen by many Jews having strictly kept to their own communities, with their own practices and laws.[244]
> It has also been suggested that parts of antisemitism arose from a perception of Jewish people as greedy (as often used in stereotypes of Jews), and this perception has probably evolved in Europe during Medieval times where a large portion of money lending was operated by Jews.[245] Factors contributing to this situation included that Jews were restricted from other professions,[245] while the Christian Church declared for their followers that money lending constituted immoral "usury".[246]
From https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Antisemitism#Causes https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Antisemitism#Causes
- jacob019 5y agoFollowing the expulsion of Jews from Israel by the Roman's, Jews spent ~2000 years as smaller communities in Europe, never quite integrating. It seems a sad tendency of human nature to distrust and blame visible minorities for our problems. We have similar problems today, with different minorities, mostly.
- MontrealRaised 5y agoJust integrate, problem solved. People anywhere do things they do because they want it that way. If you keep to be different then this offends the locals. They are tolerant and give you time [to integrate], but expect also progress from the newcomer's side.
- gordon_gee1 5y agoThat didnt work in the slightest with the jewish community in europe, they were identified and forced into specific areas of cities or countryside. Unless by integrate you meant they should have just converted to christianity? Those that were in more liberal communities and integrated were identified and hunted regardless.
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- X6S1x6Okd1st 5y agoOther examples where "Just integrate, problem solved." is extremely offensive. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jim_Crow_laws https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jim_Crow_laws https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Apartheid https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Apartheid https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Canadian_Indian_residential_school_system https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Canadian_Indian_residential_sc... Not to mention that "just integrate" might mean abandoning your faith, language, customs, way of life etc. Especially for Jews in Europe that would have meant abandoning their faith at a minimum.
- TKWasRight 5y agoIf I was dumped 109 times I'd eventually start to wonder if maybe it was, at least partially, my fault...