05-02-2007, 01:55 PM
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errr....subject check.
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1. The Jews have been a strong and unified minority within a lot of different cultures, some who accepted others who did not. For instance under the Persians and Romans, they were more or less tolerated as long as they agreed to live under the empire. But the Assyrians demanded assimilation of their subjects. The Jews, being a strong and unified minority, would end up being recipients of persecution any time they fall under the reign of such an empire.
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To take this further, as outsiders within society, Jews made convenient scapegoats for the problems within the society, Hitler's Germany being the most recent and perhaps well known example today. I also know Jews were often blamed for and attacked because of the Black Plague in Europe.
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3. The Jews have a religion that indicates they are the chosen people. For a variety of reasons, from the unification and resolve this gives them to the general abrasiveness this might have brought to other cultures, this might have caused them more persecution when under the reign of other cultures. It would also help to explain how they've managed to record this history in such a way that it seems an ongoing story.
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I hate to be prejudice, but I can't help it. We all have our prejudices. From my experiences, at best, Jews, at least those who are very serious about their religion, seem extremely reclusive. They don't seem at all interested in befriending nonJews or even holding a conversation with them. A jewish student of mine from Turkey (a mixed society) explained to the class that as a child, her mother had always taught her that Jews are most important. You should help another Jew in need before you help anyone else. At worst, they are often downright arrogant and condenscending. I taught a few Israeli immigrants, and they were consistently disruptive and rude, always ready for the oppotunity to make other students and the teacher look foolish. Whether or not these characteristics are the cause or the result of their persecution, however, is debatable.
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4. The Jews have a history of doing well in the professional classes of societies in which they are tolerated, sometimes cornering markets. This leads to resentment in other groups, especially the modal group of the society and leads to persecution when a change occurs in system. WWII is not the only such instance. Chinese in the Phillipines have been widely despised and victims of many crimes due to their status in professional careers. There is a scholar (her name's something like Amy Chua) who studied the phenomenon of what happens when countries with a "privileged minority" suddenly become democratized... typically leads to violence. That is what the Sunnis are afraid of in Iraq.
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This is also a good point. Outsiders are not supposed to be successful (at least that's often the attitude the majority takes toward them), so when they are, jealousy usually erupts.
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Well, you have a point. The Jews was just really hated and yet popular for there skills in money, and music. So when they took jobs of those who sucked at it, made those people mad. And if you really look back to the times of Jesus, Jews was hated for the death of him. So people already think they are going to hell, why not make their lifes miserable? Thats what they think. Thats why that are so hated.
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