There is rise in ‘antisemitism’
in west specifically by white christian supremacist, and ofcourse many regions where
islam is prominent (there is no “Islamic world”, this is another of lazy western
media trope -mysticism/otherness, that has severe ramification). That shouldn’t
be reason to be bludgeoned into narration set by few, and that too reflecting
realities of last century. As religion is not a race. JEW IS NOT A RACE. This is
unacceptable. It is untenable. Ofcourse jews faced horribly under Nazis, genocide of millions of
jews is well documented. It’s a painful chapter in human history. Nazis spread
the idea of jews being a race, so as to isolate them, degrade them. The idea that
was being pushed by nazis was that ‘they are born superior', and this can only work if jews were 'born degraded’. It’s a text book
case of bracketing people to demean and isolate. Implicit in this idea is that
if somebody is ‘born degraded’ -meaning they cannot be civilized or taught, so
the option left is to eliminate. These are lessons on genocide. The first step
is to fix religion as race, something that is immutable. It’s a vicious attempt
to consolidate prejudices (as Abbott correctly pointed, what religion experiences
is prejudice) and biases into something undisputable. Where people
are made insignificant, their choice and freedom negotiated for bigger
narration by few. So, if someone is born black, and an attempt is made to
classify someone born black as ‘degraded’ then it is an assault on soul of
humanity.
Antisemitism has the context of
narration of last century. Some devious people want to keep it trapped in time
to extract narration that suits them. There are big money and influential
people working to control. It must therefore be asserted that there is nothing wrong
in being anti-judaism (nor anti-hindu or anti-islam, or anti any other religion or cult), indeed it is an extension of much cherished religiophobia that asserts liberty. Faith
cannot be classified as race. Every sane person must resist this attempt. There
is a need for new semantics to define the reality of the world we live in that
has no semblance with narrations of past. If this is not done then semantics of
the past has the power to bring back the narrations of the past. History rides
on narrations, and can come alive as protagonists morph into past to repeat. Be
very wary.
In the meanwhile, british intellectuals
and civic minded people must protest against the treatment met to Diane Abbott,
a Jamaican immigrant, a black woman from a region from where racist colonizers
captured people as slaves and unleashed atrocities. Diane Abbott has done
remarkably well despite tremendous odds that only a black woman can understand.
What she said is much nuanced hence needs to be debated, and must be understood
in the context. Diane Abbott doesn’t deserve this. Keir Starmer’s racism must
called out, and he should be shunted out. White man’s virtue signaling is well
past the expiry date. The world is least interested in carrying white man’s
burden, least his narration. Keir Starmer is the worst binary that is being
posited as option in polarized british politics. He is thoroughly disliked, and
lacks charisma, compassion or intelligence. ‘Leaders’ like him is one the main
reasons why buffooneries of Tories get credibility. He is purging the party off
its effective leadership. White entitled male like Starmer (nurtured by feudal christian
system in the luxury and pomp garnered from slavery and colonial loot, the least
that is expected is that they maintain democratic institutions -atleast for
redemption sake, the hypocrisy of trying to guide people across the world on democracy
and human rights) shouldn’t be allowed to get away with racism, and no amount
of virtue signaling should clear this fellow. He must be called out and dealt
severely.
