Dr Balazs Berkovits, a Hungarian-born sociologist and philosopher, and Dr. Sara Hirschhorn, an American-Israeli historian, discuss the complexity – and adverse effects – of attributing the “whiteness” category to Jews.
This series is made possible by the Elizabeth and Tony Comper Center for the Study of Antisemitism and Racism at the University of Haifa.
A bit of an Anglocentric discussion, allowing for a view of the Hungarian scene. Maybe another time other European countries might be taken into consideration.
But why compare American Jews to Italian Americans and irish Americans? why not Asians (Far eaastern) who have also encountered hostility from African Americana?
Btw, there are plenty of Israeli tourists in ALbania. Non need to resort to complicated historical explanations.
A response to Guide Franzinetti and to listeners who consider this discussion as pedantic.
An intellectual discussion has to be limited in scope in order to cover the issue with integrity. Expanding the discussion to include more intellectuals from other European countries sounds fair but would not manage the scope in the alotted time.
You refer to complicated explanations as characteristic of Anglos. Actually, this is an intellectual give-and-go between scholars.
There is much to explore about Asians who have also encountered hostility. Perhaps in another venue. That would be a worthy discussion to listen to.