sorry i didn't make myself clear
i think this is what mattered from the point of view of the oppressors. i sincerely doubt cultural identity made any difference at all to those who were doing the evicting. i believe the evictors had their eyes on lands, money, material possessions, scapegoating, etc. cultural identity, religion, race, etc., were, at best, excuses.
from the point of view of the jewish community, it goes without saying just the opposite was true. cultural identity, cultural heritage, religion, human rights, their contribution to society [where the dominant culture allowed them to contribute] etc, meant a great deal. loosing hard won material possessions and being forced out into an uncaring world had to hurt a lot, too.
R
----- Original Message ----- From: "martin" <mschiller at pobox.com> To: <lbo-talk at lbo-talk.org> Sent: Saturday, July 03, 2004 6:29 PM Subject: Re: [lbo-talk] words for the black community
: I always thought that it was cultural identity.
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: Martin
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: On Jul 3, 2004, at 2:22 PM, R wrote:
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: > when jews were evicted from countries, during the middle ages, nothing
: > mattered but race.
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