I Married a Jew
November 17, 2016 11:13 AM Subscribe
I Married a Jew
A meditation of what a crazy 1939 essay in The Atlantic can tell us about white fragility and the rise of Trump.
A meditation of what a crazy 1939 essay in The Atlantic can tell us about white fragility and the rise of Trump.
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I really liked this.
Synchronistically, I just read a new translation of Jabotinsky's essay on the Kishinev Pogrom: Instead of Apologizing. It's basically the exact opposite of I Married a Jew, written by a Jew instead of a Gentile, talking about rejection rather than fitting in, and taking oppression seriously rather than downplaying it. And although I've never seen it, maxsparber apparently also wrote a play on the Kishinev Pogrom, so the circle goes round and round.
posted by Joe in Australia at 3:37 PM on December 1, 2016 [1 favorite]
Synchronistically, I just read a new translation of Jabotinsky's essay on the Kishinev Pogrom: Instead of Apologizing. It's basically the exact opposite of I Married a Jew, written by a Jew instead of a Gentile, talking about rejection rather than fitting in, and taking oppression seriously rather than downplaying it. And although I've never seen it, maxsparber apparently also wrote a play on the Kishinev Pogrom, so the circle goes round and round.
posted by Joe in Australia at 3:37 PM on December 1, 2016 [1 favorite]
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