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Q: Is antisemitism not systemic in the United States?

Andrew GrimmIn a video clip embedded in this tweet by Lalo Dagach, with 327 retweets and 705 likes, Linda Sarsour, who co-organised the Womens' March and made the Time 100 list, says that antisemitism is not systemic in the United States: But again I want to make the distinction that while antisemitism i...

I don't see how it is possible to give a non-opinion-based answer to this that fits in the space constraints of a Stack Exchange answer. It depends on your definition of things like "systemic" and "institutionalized" as well as a lot of knowledge of things that are probably hard to learn about.
@sumelic Systemic and institutionalized both have standard terms in the literature, so those shouldn't be a problem.
@rjzii: Standardised in the literature? Maybe. Empirically measurable?
This is real: dailystormer.com. And so is this: boards.4chan.org/pol. An anecdotal as these sources are of "systemic", their mere popularity is troubling.
Let's focus this on something objectively measurable before reopening. Even if there was an objective definition of "systemicity", I'm pretty sure it would be a spectrum and not a classification.
Nat
Nat
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In his 2006 book, "Systemic racism: A theory of oppression", Joe Feagin defines "systemic racism" as an "overview term" for racism in general: "I use a type of body metaphor in the term "systemic racism," which I consider the best overview term for this centuries-old oppression." When I checked the literature, his papers seem to come up most, and he just refers back to his own books to define the term.
The anecdotal fact that a Hasidic family had their luggage turned inside out in an airport says nothing whatsoever about the systemic or institutional nature of purported antisemitism. There's no evidence that that incident reflects antisemitism at all.
Nat
Nat
In his 1994 book, "Race", KB Sacks has a chapter titled, "How did Jews become white folks?". In this chapter, he claims that Jews are no longer systemically oppressed in America (which he says peaked in the 1920-1930's), but rather have become the systemic oppressors themselves.
Neither common references like Wikipedia nor academic resources on Google Scholar are yielding any concrete, analytical definitions for "systemic racism". It's not impossible that I've somehow missed something, but I'm starting to doubt that it's much more than a generic buzz word meant to invoke an emotional reaction. Maybe the people using the term on Twitter might respond to a request for clarification?
tim
tim
@DavidAddison You don't even have to look at literal Nazis. The last presidential election for example contained antisemitic elements, and Sarsour herself is a supporter of the antisemitic BDS movement, so the whole quote is a bit ironic. Anyway, this question may be a better fit at politics (if "systemic" is properly defined), although it may be a bit broad even there.
@tim The idea of BDS is anti-zionist, not anti-semite. While there is certainly an overlap between anti-zionists (people who dislike the Israelian government) and anti-semitists (people who dislike Jews in general), saying that everyone who supports BDS is an antisemite is an unfair generalisation.
tim
tim
@Philipp Among other, the ADL would disagree with that classification of BDS. Anti-zionists also do not just dislike the current Israeli government and policies (anyone who is left-wing would), but the existence of Israel - or any other state for that matter - as a Jewish state.
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Anecdotal examples don't help us improve this question which is about systemic racism. Arguing about whether the anecdotal examples are legitimate examples of antisemeticism don't help us improve this question. Definitions of Systemic Racism help - but if they are subjective, they mean the answer shouldn't be reopened, as unanswerable.
@Nat By KB Sacks, I assume you mean Karen Brodkin Sacks? I cannot find a book by her of that name. Do you have a reference? She has a book by the name of the chapter title you give though.

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