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| Authored by: Anonymous on Saturday, December 11 2004 @ 02:34 PM CST |
Discriminating against Jewish people can sometimes be racist (if it is based on their ethnicity), the same way discriminating against Somalian people (as opposed to all Africans) or Serbian people (as opposed to all Europeans) or Palestinian people (as opposed to all Arabs) can be racist.
Sometimes is can be religiously based - the same way you can discriminate against a white, black or arab Muslim.
Sometimes it can be related to national origin, ethnic origin, religion, race, whatever.
It seems dumb to oppose WPIRG because they rightly define Judaism as not exactly the same as a race. I don't think they believe you cannot discriminate against Jews. I do think they believe that opposing the actions of Israel is different than discriminating against Jews and you differ from them.
However - this is not a reason to disband a PIRG. Why not present a motion to change their policy at a General Meeting?
A PIRG is a great resource to run campaigns on anything that falls under "the public interest". This could include campaigns promoting awareness of Jewish issues, or issues that face Muslims, or people of other faiths.
This could include everything from environmental issues, to human rights issues, to health issues, to women's issues, etc, etc, etc. It seems silly that if you disagree with one policy, you abandon a group.
FOR EXAMPLE: If the Federation of Students passed a policy most people didn't like, would we campaign to cancel the Feds? Doesn't make more sense to get organized and win the next round of elections? Or lobby those in office to change the policy? Or have a referendum on the policy? That seems more logical to me.[ Parent ]
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