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To: jpmac who wrote (44124)	7/6/1999 1:08:00 PM
From: epicure	Read Replies (3) \| Respond to of 108807

Wasn't it always acceptable in "some circles" to express anti-semitism, and aren't those circle getting very very small? Which puts a lot of pressure on the people in those circles. I am sure they feel their days are numbered- which, in a way, they are. You can't go out socially anymore (in normal society) and talk about Jews or blacks or hispanics in offensive ways. I can't remember anyone doing that since I was back in KY meeting my birth family- and I think that was the FIRST time I ever heard a white person use the word "nigger". It amazed me- which is proof of how very different society is, from the little backwaters where people still talk the way they did 50 years ago. I think one can probably say the same thing about Christians. Most Christians are probably tending towards moderation. I read about all sorts of progressive movements in Christian churches, plus there seems to be a seepage from New Age into mainline Christianity. I find that interesting. Now I am very sure the hard core Christians find this tough to deal with. But they had their moment in the sun- when the "moral minority" caught the eye of the media. Now that's over. The spotlight has moved on.

To: jpmac who wrote (44124)	7/6/1999 10:00:00 PM
From: E	Read Replies (2) \| Respond to of 108807

<<<". I agree with what you've stated, though I confess to not understanding fully the PC part. But I seldom do. I do think it's becoming acceptable in some circles to express anti-semitic sentiments. >>> I did mean just that-- that it is becoming acceptable in some circles to express anti-Semitic sentiments. You mention it specifically in association with Christianity. I have noticed it also among African-Americans, and those who identify with an African-American constituency. This is not a subject that hasn't been acknowledged and discussed in the media. After the publicity Farrakhan got during the million man march, and in the buildup to it, it was hard to deny his anti-Semitism. There were many call in shows on the radio during which a disconcertingly large number of African-American callers spewed anti-Semitic rhetoric (or expressed it more covertly,) and there was little horror expressed by the moderators of the shows, I noted. Disagreement but not disrespect, is what was generally expressed, I'd say. Since that period, I've noted a sea change. It is now not uncommon for anti-Semitic remarks or allusions to be heard on the radio, and my sense of what's happening is that because it is PC to identify with African-American culture and attitudes, it is glossed over lightly when it occurs. This is an interpretation of what's happening, I acknowledge. I am, to reiterate, not the only one who has observed this tendency among the African-American community. Many African-American scholars have expressed their profound disgust with the increase in this tendency. I don't know if others have smelled 'PC' in the 'softness' with which the tendency is treated by commentators.