Paul Burstein: I have to admit I don’t understand why South Africa is always brought up as an analogy. The issue there was having residents of the country defined by race and treated entirely differently as a result. But residents (and citizens) of I[...]
Archive for December 29th, 2013
December 29th, 2013 - 12:58 pm § in Misc.
TA Awards Medal for Academic Arrogance
Professor Herman Knowsitall Commemorative Medal for Academic Arrogance THE Ave Committee on Academic Awards* has awarded its first Knowsitall Award to the American Studies Association for their position paper in support of the boycott of Israel’s Universities. The document is[...]
SUNDAY REVELATIONS: racism remains in Japan
The excuse of Japanese imperialism in WII was that Japan was (just) acting like a European power. But European Imperialism was about one thing .. race! Japan prime minister Shinzo Abe’s visit to Japan’s war shrine shows that Japanese racism is still there. Shinzo Abe’s public [...]