This is the first I’ve heard of it, but here’s one of his infamous quotes:
"There is a trait in the Jewish character that does provoke animosity, maybe it’s a kind of lack of generosity towards non-Jews.
I mean, there’s always a reason why anti-anything crops up anywhere; even a stinker like Hitler didn’t just pick on them for no reason.”
His other quotes tend to be condemnation about specifically Israeli zionism and barbaric murder, but i don’t have context as to whether he’s referring to palestine or not. Some people might have more sympathy for these statements these days, but a lot of his other quotes have to do with Jews controlling money and media, less defensible prejudice.
“Now, I am not a evolutionary biologist nor doctor, so instead of weighing in on a subject that I do not know about…”
You specifically brought up Jewish genetic diversity in your previous comment:
“…you appear not to be aware of is that there is plenty of biodiversity among jewish people…”
which is famously medically inaccurate as referenced above.
As for “A distinction should always be made between racism and anti<whatever religion>ism…”
Academically, sure, if you’re debating prejudice as a theory or defining terms, but this is a specific example and nobody is arguing racism and anti-Semitism are precisely identical concepts.
Here, there’s no point in drawing a distinction between Dahl’s anti-Semitism and racism because Roald Dahl is explicitly promoting both, and more.
The Israelis, Jews and Zionists are his salient topics, buttressed by his rationalization of the ethnic genocide of jews by that “stinker” Hitler, demonstrating both anti-semitism and racism quite clearly and specifically.
Yes, because it doesn’t take a Ph.D. in biophysics to see that there are slavic jews, caucasian jews and arab jews at the very least.
Of course not.
I’m pointing out that you are trying to dismiss the article regarding Jewish genetic diversity by saying
“Now, I am not a evolutionary biologist nor doctor, so instead of weighing in on a subject that I do not know about…”
even though it has only become a topic because you have taken the initiative to weigh in on the topic in your previous comment.
In no way am I trying to dismiss the article by saying “I’m not weighing in on that”. Nevertheless, my core point remains unrelated: antisemitism should not be used interchangeably with racism. And by saying that, in no way am I trying to condone either.
I agree.
I think you’re preaching to the choir here though, nobody has used either term incorrectly in these threads, as far as I’ve seen.
Disambiguation might be more useful somewhere that the terms are being conflated.
Defining terms is unrelated and unnecessaryto the topic here.
Not inaccurate, perhaps unwarranted.
Well - the discussion originated from my comment that the OP quoted something anti-semitic in a post whose title is about racism. I just thought it’s maybe not the most fitting example. But yeah, it doesn’t matter too much.
The post is about anti-Semitism, a specific form of cultural and ethnic racism against Jews and Israelis demonstrated in multiple quotes by Roald Dahl.
Dahl attributes undesirable characteristics to several linked groups(Jews, Israelis, Zionists) and rationalizes the specifically ethnic Jewish genocide by Hitler.
There are further quotes that you may be missing. Pretty much all of his racism and anti-Semitism is gathered here now, however you care to define each term.
I was not arguing the point that the author had racist opinions / convictions. I was saying I expected there to certainly be a quote that was more fitting to the post title. Especially since as you confirm there are plenty of quotes. Anyways, I came to the post to inform myself - I have heard the name, but the works of this author are not among those books I have read.
The referenced OP quote Dahl makes rationalizing the Holocaust, a specifically ethnic genocide, doesn’t strike you as racist?
How are you defining racism if not as prejudice against a specific race?
Also
“But yeah, it doesn’t matter too much.”
You’ve mentioned this a couple times, but each sentiment is contradicted by a dozen of your own comments belying your ardent passion for splitting the hairs of bigotry from racism for an as of yet unclear reason.