Tag: holocaust

Letter to Editor Published: SF Chronicle

Letter to Editor Published: SF Chronicle

Regarding “SFUSD school closures: What every family needs to know” (San Francisco, SFChronicle.com, Oct. 7): The photo published online (since deleted) and on Page A7 of the Oct. 9 print edition with this story highlights a protester holding a sign that reads “MONEY FOR EDUCATION NOT FOR OCCUPATION.”  This choice of image blatantly perpetuates antisemitic rhetoric by falsely connecting U.S.…

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Maus, Whoopi Goldberg and Defining Race in America

Maus, Whoopi Goldberg and Defining Race in America

As a Jew in America, and a granddaughter of Holocaust survivors, I am angered when others define my race as white.   In fact, many Jews are not white— and yet some people, especially in the US as opposed to Europe, think it’s ok to define “our race” as white because many have white skin, and therefore benefit from white…

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