Open letter because it was addressed to Ms. Mandel and also to anyone who hopefully might actually be interested in doing something besides sitting around justifying their professional existence by trying to cough up something that might look to some check writers like some kind of "plan" or "way forward" or "Four Steps Toward a More Equitable, Inclusive, Fair, Sustainable..."? Thanks for the Pissaro. It had a cleansing effect.
Bravo. "Jews of color." Feh. Now we have to prove that we're not all white, therefore we can't be evil white colonizers, where in the past we were expected to prove that we were white? What tripe.
Ever since someone I know who is working with the board of the Jewish Museum in New York told me that they were looking for Jews "of color," I've scoffed at the notion that just being Jewish isn't ethnic enough, that we are too close to whiteness to be ok in the current climate.
Quite so, Franklin, but while you may well hope for the best, I assume you're not holding your breath. Generally speaking, we're talking about a perversion of reason fueled by delusions of virtue, or more precisely, of moral superiority. There is a quasi-religious element to it, and most definitely a "validation" of an imagined self which is no doubt exceedingly satisfying, not to say masturbatory.
Excellent
Open letter because it was addressed to Ms. Mandel and also to anyone who hopefully might actually be interested in doing something besides sitting around justifying their professional existence by trying to cough up something that might look to some check writers like some kind of "plan" or "way forward" or "Four Steps Toward a More Equitable, Inclusive, Fair, Sustainable..."? Thanks for the Pissaro. It had a cleansing effect.
Bravo. "Jews of color." Feh. Now we have to prove that we're not all white, therefore we can't be evil white colonizers, where in the past we were expected to prove that we were white? What tripe.
Ever since someone I know who is working with the board of the Jewish Museum in New York told me that they were looking for Jews "of color," I've scoffed at the notion that just being Jewish isn't ethnic enough, that we are too close to whiteness to be ok in the current climate.
When she said this
"It is an artifact of what amounts to a progressive analog of Aryanism."
Franklin, can you please tell us what Aryanism means?
– confused, lonely and freaked out
OK, so I couldn't resist:
https://i.redd.it/i930bobttmq21.jpg
Quite so, Franklin, but while you may well hope for the best, I assume you're not holding your breath. Generally speaking, we're talking about a perversion of reason fueled by delusions of virtue, or more precisely, of moral superiority. There is a quasi-religious element to it, and most definitely a "validation" of an imagined self which is no doubt exceedingly satisfying, not to say masturbatory.