
Kanye West and the mainstreaming of antisemitism
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Are We About to See a Major Resurgence of Anti-Semitism?
In the 30s, employment discrimination against Jews was widespread. After World War II, that really went on to decline. The victories of the civil rights movement and moves towards the United States becoming a more egalitarian society helped tamp down on public anti-Semitism. And so while we don't have quotas at universities that are blocking Jews from getting in, we have violence against Jews on a scale that is unprecedented.
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