Thread by @division6

I read @Baddiel #jewsdontcount this weekend. It's a quick read, but not light reading. David takes a whistlestop tour through the many, many occasions where - largely people from the progressive left, often people like me who champion anti-racism, downplay anti-semitism.

It's depressing that anyone could discount any form of discrimination. "Because they're white" and "because they're rich" are unacceptable (often false) reasons to consider that anti-semitism is in any way less intolerable than any other form of racism. David makes this case well

Most of all, if we learned any lesson from the last year and BLM, it's that the lived experience of a person - any person - has value. If they feel it is discrimination, it is discrimination. If a Jew tells you they find the Y-word offensive, who is anyone to say they shouldn't?

In short, it's a must read for anyone who considers themselves anti-racist, for anyone that's ever chanted *** army at a Spurs match, for anyone that wants to be thoughtful about the state of discrimination in the world. Sometimes we really suck as a species.

Mini disclaimer for this #armandminibookreview; @Baddiel is a friend of @ArvD so we know each other. I like him, his comedy & the rest. I enjoyed the reference to @Richard_Schiff's Lenny Character in @ArvD/@Baddiel's film, THE INFIDEL in the book, and the rest. Buy it, y'all.

Shalom, peeps. Next time you see someone taking on an anti-semitic perspective, call them out, as much as you would anyone taking on any other racist perspective. Next time a Jew says they find something anti-semitic, hear them.

Link to the book: waterstones.com/book/jews-dont…