Zone1 Is Antisemitism the Same as Racism?

[Captain Caveman]

I think racism is a belief in a racial hierarchy, wherein "lower" races have less value than "higher" races. Except for Nazi propaganda, I don't think that Jewish people are thought to have less value than other people.

Correct on all points.

And there are various words to describe discrimination against a religion, in the case of Judaism, it's called Antisemitism. Racism and Antisemitism are different.

Some hate Muslims, some hate Jews, some hate Christians, some hate Atheists......... for bizarre reasons.

 

[Deadstick]

It was supposed to be Madrassas.

It got auto corrected.

Just shows you don't know what the hell you are talking about, leave it to the adults.

 

[GavanPeacefan]

I am trying to understand what, exactly, anti-Semitism is. Is it merely a personal dislike of Jewish people, or is it a general opposition to their perceived ideologies? If the former, is it based on a belief that they are superior or inferior to other people in some way? If the latter, is it based on politics or some other factors? Is it the same as Racism?

rule 1 about discussions, IRL or online : assume everyone has a different definition about even basic words. the alignment of these defs is called 'the definition game'. yes, that's in the slang dictionaries. you can google for it.
rule 2 : never let anyone push their exact definition on to you and your thoughts / feelings. if you can't find common ground about some definition, there is usually a flawed interpretation of your words at the opposite end, and then you should -momentarily- work with "their"/his/her definition instead, but only to point out inconsistencies, since they refuse to think from the perspective of your own definition.

 

[Monk-Eye]

" Discrimination Is Over Simplified Conjecture "

* Immutable Qualities Of Sex And Race Versus Creed That Is Discretionary *

Discrimination is discrimination regardless of skin color.

. Imagine Trying To Pass Tests Without Discriminating Between Correct Versus Incorrect Answers .

 

[PeterPilot]

Cassandro

Excellent question! I find it interesting that my 1984 Websters defines it thusly: One of a Middle Eastern people of Caucasian stock comprising chiefly the Jews and Arabs but in ancient times also including the Babylonians, Assyrians, Canaanites, Arameans and Phoenicians. 2) One of the people descended from Shem.