I haven’t actually seen it, have you? So, I can’t speak directly to it, but it sounds to me like people are really overreacting.
When anti-semitism comes up…it is almost always whites being blamed. Do you get as angry over that?
You always have people going to an extreme, and that includes rightists. Saying math is racist for example. On the other hand, schools have long been moving away from entrance exams because they aren’t necessarily a predictor of student success but of test taking skill and, behind that, the ability and the resources to get extra coaching In order to pass those tests. In fact there is an entire industry based on that.
Aunt Jemimah…to us she is the jolly and dated purveyor of pancakes. But what does the “mamie” represent to black folks? Maybe it is time to make a change? To put it a bit differently, how about when people use antisemitic tropes? The hooked nose, beady eyed “Jew” with a bag of mohey? Do you find it offensive?
How about the claims that Jim Crowe was in the past, you guys should just get over it…or quit pulling the race card? That happens too you know.