I’ve been noticing the disturbing trend that many frum folks on Facebook are trying to prevent themselves from being labeled a racist by skirting around the “racial element” of The Knockout Game. There’s this obvious fear in being too forthcoming without adequate evidence of actual racial elements, that makes me wonder why these same people don’t show the same care when talking about Jews. Could it be that being an antisemitism or self hater is totally okay by us, while being suggested that you’re a racist is far worse? Whenever someone writes something like that I automatically assume that it is a racist situation going on, but the political correctness that doesn’t allow us to speak our minds anymore has forced us to say things like “God forbid it be a racial thing, but…” while when it comes to Jews, or Charedim, it is always “Those darned charedim are at it again…” yet that it’s perfectly ok.
I admit that I do this as well, but for one to ignore the fact that Knockout Game is predominantly played by Black youth is kind of far fetched, it’s pretty plain to see. Now whether or not the victims are targeted or random or if it’s random acts of violence or more organized is one thing. However, saying that you ‘may” see a racial element, while those same people are more than willing to make blanket statements about Jewish groups is disingenuous. Are we allowed to make blanket statements about our own, or is that just cowardly? I make blanket statements all the time, but I’m the first to admit that it’s in jest based on the minority or vocal element, or sensationalist news story.
It’s not just the knockout game, it’s been lending itself to a bunch of things within Judaism. Orthodox Jews are trying to pander to those on the fringe while those who make up the majority of the community are lumped together as ignorant or extreme or ancient or illogical. Oh how I wish we could mind our own. practice on our own, be a part of a community for sure, but be allowed to be in yichud with out faith and thoughts. Those on the fringe, those willing to speak out against the leadership or terrifying trends within Orthodoxy, are sometimes caught up in their self importance and forget that a majority of the community just wants to live and not have to constantly think about the abuse, tuition crisis, or whatever other issues a minority of the community seems to think will change the world.
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I am not really clear about your point.
If you’re wondering why frum folks shy away from racializing these attacks (while tolerating or propagating other racist/antisemitic statements), then perhaps your sample is a bit skewed.
Many of the frum folk I have talked to/read on this deplorable crime spree are not shy at all about condemning not only the alleged perpetrators but every other person who looks like them too.
I, too, have noticed noticed at least some frum folks who are not bashful about identifying large groups of people as having certain undesirable or antisocial characteristics. Because my own experiences both “specifically” with Blacks and generally with goyim have been whatever they have been, I do not share their “prejudices.” However, their experiences may have been far different from mine. While I certainly don’t deny my own experience, and feel that, ultimately, it overrides what I consider their more limited experience, I do not feel a blanket condemnation of whatever reasonable conclusions (= prejudices) they may reach regarding certain groups. I retain, in my mind, the right to question them, and to disagree with them, but I think it wise to consider the source of their outlooks. There may be good reasons for them.
The perpetrators are almost all Black. In New York the victims are almost all Jewish and chosen based on their perceived religion or membership in an ethnic group. It’s not racist to say this or to demand that it be prosecuted like any other racially, religiously, sexual orientation or gender-based crime.
I’m not shy about it. The knockout attacks are definitely the fault of the chareidim who insist on provoking the non-jews by dressing differently and acting differently and not drinking their wine or eating their food or having sx with them or accepting same-sx marriage or being socially liberal.
Dan, as always, expresses himself most accurately, succinctly, and eloquently.
“Stop Apologizing and Keep Offending” – Bill Maher
Yeah, keep offending religious people, who Maher frequently makes fun of. I am not a fan.
I could care less. And, if they get offended so what.
Somehow my response disappeared…
People of one ethnicity are targeting others for deadly attacks based solely on their perceived race or ethnic background. That’s as racist as a Ku Klux Klan lynching. And it’s not racist to say so.
First-time caller, long-time listener here; about that “Knockout Game”…
http://gawker.com/about-that-knockout-game-from-your-uncles-right-wing-1471318157
Heshy, you’re a really cruddy political commentator.
the jewish owned media will refuse to acknowlage blacks killing whites and people who these animals precieve as whites.this type of racial hatred dose not fit the jewish owned medias ajenda for white bashing.the self hating whites agree with the jewish owned media,kill as many whites as you can.just do’nt kill us self hating whites who support black endevores in the knockout hate game.
Wow! This blog looks exactly like my old one! It’s
on a entirely different topic but it has pretty
much the same page layout and design. Wonderful choice of colors!