Re: America’s Anti-Muslim Prejudice
Jim Devine wrote:
When I moved to Oregon at the age of 16, I experienced recurring bouts of discrimination that was a lot different than anything I ever heard about racism from right-wing Jews. I got turned down for jobs during the summer (both in high school, and in college) based on my ethnicity, and frequently got ruled out as boyfriend material by the parents of folks I would try and date….
Alas, in high school in Illinois, I was ruled out as boyfriend material by the parents of the girl I had a crush on because I wasn’t Jewish. Her parents (or was it grandparents?) were going to sit shiva for her if she dated me. (This was in a North Chicago suburbs area where most or much of the population was Jewish.) No hard feelings, though.
Don’t forget Kitty Kelley’s report that Barbara Bush disapproved when W brought a Jewish girl home from Yale (well, she wasn’t from Yale, but he was). We won’t have any Jews in the family, she said. Of course that was 35 years ago.
Doug