Bari Weiss, The Civil Discourse (Season 1)

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Bari Weiss is a former staff writer and editor for "The New York Times" and author of the book "How to Fight Anti-Semitism." In this inaugural episode of "The Civil Discourse," Weiss discusses the global threat of White supremacy, the dangers of political neutrality, and anti-Semitic implications of the BDS movement.

Recorded November 13, 2019 at the Office of the Dean, Pennoni Honors College, Drexel University (Philadelphia, PA, USA). This episode preview is a production of Marketing & Media, Pennoni Honors College, Drexel University.

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[je_suis_calme_]

The editor is my dad. Please subscribe and like! 😘❤

[ucotjvg]

I don’t know why I find Bari so hot…just found out about her 20 minutes ago now am glued to her views on many issues

[HouseJawn]

Love Bari so much!! Much love from another Pennsylvania native 🏈 🦅 🏙️

[chipmidges]

Pick a side. Center is dead, it’s what got us in the place we are today. In the end, center will just be fodder. But love you anyway Bari.

[debshirley]

The Jews are successful because they are God's Chosen people....the Savior came to us through the Jews...God bless them ❤

[candidbayproductions]

Spot on as usual for Bari, except for the point of Ashkenazim being white. Simply because they were expelled by the Romans from Judea to migrate west into Europe, this doesn't reverse their Levantine roots which multiple genetics studies have shown. Plenty of Ashkenazim also still look interchangeable from Arabs and various other MENA/Mediterranean groups. Additionally, Yiddish uses the Hebrew (Semitic) alphabet as as well as a wealth of Hebrew vocabulary, to say nothing of many melodies and most holiday traditions valuing events in and customs from the Middle East.

Diaspora Jews in Europe are no whiter than the Roma people who originate from South Asia but have also been in Europe for as long as Ashkenazim. The association of Ashkenazim with the West/whiteness is how far left antisemitism frames the former as evil. We should take care not to perpetuate this notion.

We can acknowledge white presenting privilege (among any group) and support Palestinian rights to self-determination and security without designating a 'white Jew' scapegoat.

[sharontheodore]

Bari is extremely intelligent and well spoken however it baffles me that while she calls for tolerance she herself was so intolerant of Trump and his supporters.