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Thread #79324   Message #1440170
Posted By: Jerry Rasmussen
21-Mar-05 - 10:06 PM
Thread Name: BS: A discussion - What is antisemitism? .
Subject: RE: BS: A discussion - What is antisemitism? .
This is not a joke. I didn't really want to weigh in here, but a friend of mine who is Jewish told me about this, many, many years ago. My friend was in graduate school at U.C.L.A. at the time. There was a Jewish student who tried to use the accusation of antisemitism to bully his professors, with some success. He apparently was able to get a couple of professors to raise his final grade because he claimed that they were antisemetic and would report them to the Dean. Unfortunately, he tried this strategy on one of his professors who would not knuckle under, and he filed a formal complaint with the Dean, charging the professor with antisemitism.
Imagine his surprise when he found out that the professor was Jewish.

This is the story as it was told to me, and I didn't take it to be about Jews, as such. It was a good lesson for anyone who tries to use their race, sex, religion or nationality as a weapon in an irresponsible, manipulative way.

Jerry