[lbo-talk] real world labels include 'zionism' and 'zionist'

Yoshie Furuhashi furuhashi.1 at osu.edu
Tue Dec 28 21:44:13 PST 2004


Samuel Waite haymarket326 at yahoo.com, Tue Dec 28 20:31:18 PST 2004:
>I'm inclined to agree, but I'm curious: how, then, would you
>respond to someone like Michael Lerner, who equates Zionism with
>affirmative action for Jews?

When Michael Lerner and people like him come under attack from hard-line Zionists, we ought to defend them. It says something about US politics that the good rabbi's position already amply qualifies as a courageous stand.

That said, I'd ask Rabbi Lerner if he is willing to accept the injustices and discriminations against Palestinian citizens of Israel (about 20% of the Israeli population, a proportion larger than Blacks in the US population during the days of Jim Crow) as explained by the Union of the Arab Community Based Organizations at <http://www.ittijah.org/inside/inside01.html> in the name of affirmative action for Jews. -- Yoshie

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