Donald Trump: Anti-Semitism In The United States

How Trump and his appointments will bring a new era of racism, hate and discrimination to the United States. Although his victory was considered unlikely by pre-election forecasts, by early morning November 9, 2016, Donald J Trump was projected to obtain over 270 electoral votes, making him the new president elect of the United States. The election was described by news organizations as a complete “shock”, with the New York Times calling it a “once-unimaginable scenario.” Donald Trump will be the

Thank God for the Russians. On the numbing morning of January 19th, 1945, 66,000 people were finally able to walk free after enduring something so horrific and inhumane that there are still people to this day that are too dimwitted to acknowledge it. The troops walked past mountains and trenches of bones that were loosely attached to skin, things that you knew were bodies but could not be identified as that were riddled with disease and now, death. Bodies of innocent men, women, children, Jews, Nine

Swing Ties “I disagree with Muhammad. I’m against hate, anti-semitism and homophobia… This is not a village of hate. It’s a village of hope… Don’t let midgets give us a bad name. There are still giants in Harlem, giants who will stand up for our children”(Al Sharpton). Anti-semitism is hostility to or prejudice against jews. Two films were released in the 1990’s that deal with different issues involving anti-semitism. One titled “Swing Kids”, was set in Nazi Germany and tells the story of a group

Muslims similar to what the Jews had to endure in the twentieth centuries in Europe. Inspired by Adolf Hitler's distorted realities that Jews were the source of Europe economic downturn, the Nazis propagated anti-Semitism, ordered anti-Jewish boycotts, staged book burnings, and enacted anti-Jewish legislation. Today many Muslims living in the West feel unsafe due to the rise in attacks in places of worship, online threats of violence, police harassment, policies or legislation that disproportionately

Addresses Rise in Anti-Semitic Incidents: ‘We Are In a State of Vigilance' New York City Mayor Bill de Blasio and NYPD Commissioner James O’Neill vowed on Tuesday to remain vigilant and aggressive in addressing the increase of anti-Semitic threats occurring at Jewish Community Centers  "I want to say upfront, everyone takes these threats very seriously. I do as Mayor, Commissioner O’Neill and everyone in the NYPD does, we don’t take this lightly at all,” de Blasio said. “We are in a state of vigilance

Scapegoating Throughout History Humans have always labeled certain races as inferior. Racism can be seen placed on different races and sticking with certain races through the study of history. African Americans have been major victims of racism throughout history and continue to be subject to prejudice and institutionalized racism to this day. Although African Americans seem to be the primary victims of racism, in history there have been large instances when other minority groups have been especially

The Internet has led to creation of fake news, which has affected politics in the United States. First, fake news is not a new problem plaguing society; this kind of news has been around before. Anti Semitics used rumors and outlandish claims, fake news, to spread misinformation about Jewish people. A Politico article titles “The Long and Brutal History of Fake News” said this about the spreading of misinformation about the Jews, “Today, historians have catalogued the fake stories of child-murdering

in that situation? A few hours later, I found out that they thought Jews were just devils in disguise. I still think about this situation today and I can’t help wonder whether or not it happens to others. I feel this form of discrimination or Anti-Semitism is still a major issue in

What does it mean to be Jewish in America? Also known as the land of immigrants, America houses over 11.4 million immigrants, comprising roughly 13.3% of its population. It is also home to the largest number of minorities in the world, including religious, ethnic, and racial minorities. Amongst these reside approximately 5.4 million Jews, accounting for about 1.4% of the American population. However, are these figures and statistics enough to accurately depict what it means to be Jewish in America

difference does it make? With this indisputably criminal performance the jihad has grown stronger anyway, and it goes on successfully “inspiring” the mentally deranged. Everywhere. Does anybody, anywhere, have any doubt that the increasingly violent state of affairs we have been faced with for the last two years, since the establishment of the so-called caliphate in the Middle East, is the primary