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P**e 6 THE SOUTHERN ISRAELITE August 24, 1979
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“Blacks have greater negative
stereotype images of Jews than do
non-Jewtsh whites and black
leaders tend to view Jews more
negatively than do the masses of
black people.” These were the
startling finds in part of a series of
Louis Harris & Associates polls.
Equally disturbing is the fact
that in the period 1974-1978 non-
Jewish whites tended to relax their
negative stereotypes of Jews, while
blacks were becoming increasingly
negative towards Jews.
In the poll four questions were
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page seven.)
Looking at the responses, one
sees that in a four-year period, one
which contained a recession and
renewed inner city turmoil, almost
half of America’s blacks had a
“miserly" image of Jews. By 1978
that group had swelled to a
majority, 56 percent. During that
same period, the popular
conception of the slumlord as
being Jewish increased from 34
percent to 41 percent.
The years 1974 to 1978 were
difficult ones for American Jews
vis-a-vis Israel. The post-embargo
politics in America, the Pl.O
aggression, rising oil prices and
related issues made Israel seem
more vulnerable and in need of
greater support than ever from
American Jews. The community
spoke out. During that time,
blacks viewed this support to be in
the classic anti-Semitic sense of
dual or hidden loyalties. Close to
40 percent by 1978 felt Israel
claimed greater loyalty from
American Jews than did
America.
In addition, that “stand up and
fight" attitude might also be part of
why blacks view Jews as
“irritating.” Certainly, the
ideological battle over Bakke
played a part in that view as well.
Worse than all of this is the
statistical distance between the
people and their leaders. In every
case, black leaders were far more
negative than others toward Jews.
Eightv-one percent of the leaders,
a 25 percent greater margin than
the non-leaders, held a “Shylock"
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image of Jews. Half the leadership
group and 13 percent more than
non-leaders questioned Jewish
loyalty when America and Israel
were the choices. Sixty-five
percent, a whopping 37 percent
differential, viewed Jews as
In light of the statistics
presented in this article, the
anti-Jewish reaction by
some black leaders to
Ambassador Andrew Young's
resignation is not surprising.
Young’s resignation is
clearly not a Jewish, or a
black-Jewish issue. Those
leaders who blame the Jews
are fanning the fires of
bigotry and should know
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“irritating” because they were too
aggressive, while 67 percent, a 26
percent margin of difference, felt
“most of the slumlords are
Jewish."
T his is serious business and Jews
need to take heed of it. Blacks
represent 18 percent of the
population. Currently, they are the
largest disadvantaged'minority in
the country. While by the year
2000 they will lose that place to the
Hispanics. they nonetheless do
now and probably for sometime
will heavily influence the
bureaucracy which handles
federal discrimination rules and
regulations. In major city after
major city, the reign of political
power is passing to black leaders,
who, like Maynard Jackson of
Atlanta, are heavily committed to
ensuring a meaningful place for
blacks, often on a quota basis, in
all areas of city administration.
This portends potential trouble for
Jews and blacks that could further
damage the already fragile civil
rights coalition of the 1960s.
The principal reason is that
American Jews are going through
an era of insularity: Continuing
troubles, externally and internally,
are increasing that insularity. The
American Jew seems to be flirting
with the bout of “circle the
wagons" fever. That tends to
enhance the negative stereotype
Part of the Jewish problem has
been economic. Contrary to the
view of some people, Jews are not
immune to recessions any Jewish
Ecderation campaign director
knows that. However, the
recession of 1973-1974 coupled
with New York City’s near
bankruptcy caused shock in
Jewish life. Suddenly thousands of
Jews were without jobs. By and
large they were highly skilled
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