Let’s hope not.
In December, the conservative Manhattan Institute found that 31 percent of Republicans under 50 identify their own views as racist, and 25 percent say their views are antisemitic. For those over 50, it’s only 4 percent for each.
The same survey showed that a majority of Republican men under 50 think that the Holocaust either didn’t happen or was exaggerated.
Excerpt from NYTs opinion 3-12-26
The political rhetoric over the last several years has frequently been laced with bigotry, racism, xenophobia, Islamophobia, general name calling and blatant bullying.
Dignity, civility, integrity seem out of fashion.
Personally I’m not so sure this is leading to…
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From the report:
“… Younger, more racially diverse, and more likely to have voted for Democratic candidates in the recent past, this group diverges sharply from the party’s core. They are more likely, often substantially more likely, to hold progressive views across nearly every major policy domain. They are more supportive of left-leaning economic policies, more favorable toward China, more critical of Israel, and more liberal on issues ranging from migration to DEI initiatives. A significant share also report openly racist or antisemitic views and express potential support for political violence. …”
Sorry, but, if the group surveyed is “more racially diverse” and yet “openly racist” – aren’t those findings kind of in conflict? Or, does the survey confirm that as new entrants, which are a more racially diverse group (hispanics, blacks, asian, American indian, etc.) enter the Republican party, that they too have racist leanings?
It isn’t at all surprising that people tend to congregate with folks of the same race, especially when it comes to family, marraige, etc. Does that confirm most everyone is “racist” whether in the majority or minority?
Unfortunately, the report seems to categorize antisemitism as racism, and it may be so, however, when I think of racism, I tend to separate antisemitism from other forms of racism. I don’t think everyone who is Jewish (religion) is a separate race (I have family members whose faith is Judaism, others who are Catholic, Lutheran and Presbyterian). Do we categorize people of muslim faith as racist because many have been taught and many believe Christians are Kafir (“infidel” or “unbeliever”)?
Finally, clearly, Democrats are more likely to have antisemitism positions than Republicans – as confirmed by the survey findings:
“… Crucially, these views are not unique to Republicans. The survey finds slightly higher levels of Anti-Jewish sentiment among Democrats—20%, compared to 17% among Republicans. …”
So, I think this is indicative of a much larger issue, and that the survey report unfortunately extends antisemitism into a broader finding of racism.
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Al Lindquist
good points Jack as those are ones I thought about as I read the poll–very extensive poll covering a lot of ground –it’s possible that the “racist leanings” of the minorities mentioned are toward other minorities or white folks–
anti-Jewish sentiments held by Democrats seem to right in our face as demonstrated by the response on college campuses after the 10/07/24 attack by Hamas.
very interesting read and makes one think.
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I know a lot of Republicans and I don’t find those numbers on those I know. Perhaps this is another flawed survey drummed up to create some columns and reason to criticize. I’m not saying there aren’t some viewpoints as described but not in the numbers as printed. There will always be resentment and frustration between opposing viewpoints, political leanings, religious beliefs, age and economic classes and I almost forgot race.
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