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I'm not sure even Grabowski agrees, here's what he first says about it: > Anthropologist Erica Lehrer wrote about this phenomenon in Kazimierz (a center of Jew
by dvt 4y ago
I'm not sure even Grabowski agrees, here's what he first says about it:
> Anthropologist Erica Lehrer wrote about this phenomenon in Kazimierz (a center of Jewish life in Kraków) in her 2013 book Jewish Poland Revisited, uncovering that some Poles collect these odd pieces of art as good luck charms and may not consciously attribute sinister meaning to them.
Maybe Wikipedia editors are whitewashing antisemitism, but he should really find more clear cut cases.
- tptacek 4y agoPeople collect Lawn Jockeys for good luck too, but, like the "Jew With A Coin", they're self-evidently bigoted.
- viraptor 4y agoThose ideas don't oppose each other. The figurine may be generally antisemitic and may be collected by some as odd piece of art. Similar to Gollywogs.
- twawaaay 4y agoNo conflict here. You can own a piece of art that is racist or antisemitic without being racist or antisemitic. Also, in certain parts of Poland antisemitism is so pervasive that it is basically part of local folklore. So you try to go read children's book and there will be a Jew in it trying to steal kids money... and nobody thinks twice about it just like nobody questions stories about a fat guy wearing red suit flying around dropping presents.