[lit-ideas] Re: 21. century European anti-Semitism
- From: Scribe1865@xxxxxxx
- To: lit-ideas@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
- Date: Mon, 19 Apr 2004 02:41:44 EDT
But to go back to my original question, which was basically a linguistic
observation regarding hate crimes as anthropological phenomena--these are
called
race crimes because the target is often perceived to be of a certain race, or
gay bashing when the target is perceived to be gay, or religious persecution
because a certain religion is targeted--but aren't they all crimes of violently
resisting "cultural invasion"?
These are all crimes of violence that are cultural (hence anthropological) in
origin -- different from a bully kid attacking a weakling kid (Dr. Borowik's
observation) or an abused child recapitulating their own abuse (Tor's
observation).
When we name these crimes are we referencing our perception of the
perpetrator's motives? Or are we privileging our own sense of cultural
development
(e.g., pulling "race" out of the Other bag because we know so well there are no
pure races and racism is bad) in a subtle manner?
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