ADL Study Finds Anti Semitism Alive and Well in US
When economic times get tough, the old memes get thrown out for consumption. The anti Semitic tropes about how Jews are controlling the economy are back in fashion, though it’s actually surprising that the figures aren’t even higher than they are.
Old stereotypes about Jews being pushy and controlling the economy are festering — especially among the least-educated Americans, the survey found.
Among other things:
19% answered ‘probably true’ to the statement ‘Jews have too much control/influence on Wall Street,’ a five percentage point increase since 2009.
14% agreed with the statement that “Jews have too much power in the U.S. today,” an increase from 13% in 2009.
15% agreed Jews are “more willing to use shady practices.”
16% agreed that Jewish “business people are so shrewd, others don’t have a chance.”
Other anti-Jewish canards continue to be believed by millions of Americans.
Some 31% believe the Jews were responsible for crucifying Christ. And 30% — a percentage that has stayed steady since 1964 — insist Jews are ‘more loyal to Israel than to America.’
Nearly half of all respondents agreed with the statement that Jews “stick together more than other Americans.’ And a quarter of the country says Jews ‘still talk too much about what happened to them in the Holocaust.’
The survey found that the most-educated Americans were the least prejudiced and foreign-born Hispanics were more likely to hate Jews than U.S. born Hispanics.
Many of these figures are remarkably stable from a few years ago despite the worsening economy. While they’re in the minority polled, if you extrapolated to the entire population, there’s quite a sizable number who hold all kinds of anti Semitic views.