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Dec 15, 2023Liked by Barry David Kluger

"Silence encourages the tormentor,

never the tormented."

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Dec 14, 2023Liked by Barry David Kluger

Yes, yes discrimination does still exist. And you are wrong to state Caucasian people are not discriminated against. If you don’t see it you are not looking to quote someone on this response.

How about writing something positive? Something fresh instead of the constant beat of the discrimination drum. It is used so often and so inappropriately many times people forget what it actually means.

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Dec 14, 2023Liked by Barry David Kluger

Great essay!!

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Dec 14, 2023Liked by Barry David Kluger

If you do not chose to see it, you will not see it.

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Thank you, Barry. Quite right.

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Dec 14, 2023Liked by Barry David Kluger

Truth, well said!!!

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Much has changed. Great progress has been made.

It does feel like social media has opened new fault lines, and as a non-Jew, I’m stunned by how much antisemitism now seems to coming from what once were traditional left and liberal institutions.

Regardless, I’ll stand by my opening sentence.

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It is not for those of us least affected to decide whether racism is alive and well. Ask someone affected by racism. My fellow Jews can sense an antisemite among us. My black colleagues have said similarly on racists. They give off a foul vibe. Racism is in the eyes of the target.

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While I totally agree racism remains, it is being used way too often. Sometimes people are just rude, and many times bad things happen to good people....regardless of color. Race doesn't always come into play.....

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