WTH Do Antisemitism and Critical Race Theory Have in Common? Professor David Bernstein Explains

What do Critical Race Theory and antisemitism have in common? A
lot, actually, from the roots of each movement, to the ideology,
to the way they are weaponized by the left today. The overarching
philosophy linking these movements together is a Manichean
ordering of peoples into groups of oppressed or oppressor –
usually, but not always, based on the color of one’s skin.
Indeed, it is no mistake that in the aftermath of WWII, Jews
sought to categorize themselves as white, a move that has now fed
the bizarre oppressor/colonizer trope so popular on the left.
First Jews weren’t white enough for the white supremacists, but
now are too white for the CRT crowd. Not to mention the shifting
ideological assaults on Jewish groups, once accused of being
communists now accused of being capitalists. Yes, donors are
pulling out of universities that harbor pro-terrorist groups;
yes, the support of Hamas the past few weeks has been a PR
disaster for wokeism. But it will take a lot more than that to
root out the antisemitic and real race-based discrimination that
has gripped America.


David E. Bernstein holds a University Professorship chair at
the Antonin Scalia Law School, where he has been teaching since
1995. He has also been a visiting professor at the University of
Michigan, Georgetown University, William & Mary, Brooklyn Law
School, the University of Turin, and Hebrew University. Professor
Bernstein teaches Constitutional Law, Evidence, and Products
Liability. His most recent book is Classified, The Untold Story
of Racial Classification in America.


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