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Wieland Hoban explains #philosemitism in Germany:
"It’s very difficult to have a general sense of Jews as ordinary people who are part of the country’s population. Many people have an image frozen in time of Jews as the victims of the Nazis, who were the parents or grandparents of many Germans.

"In some cases, this leads to an over-compensation which means that people want to have a particularly favourable idea of Jews. They make a point of doing what they think is supporting Jews. Including supporting Israel, going on holiday in Israel, or cultivating connections to Israel thinking this somehow revives Jewishness."

https://theleftberlin.com/wieland-hoben-interview/

#lacuna #conflation #beliefs #antisemitism #EuropeIsrael #Germany #IHRA #recycling #coloniality #proZionism #StandWithIsrael #Europeanness #Hoban

“People are praying for the IDF in synagogues”

Interview with Wieland Hoban about his new book “Germany’s Jewish Problem”

The Left Berlin

Estelle Platini Aug 4, 2025

'Europe’s narrative is constructed on the exclusion of colonialism from its history, allowing the ideology of Europe’s racelessness. […] The disremembering of the colonial past shapes the contemporary perception of Europe as a progressive well-intentioned neutral mediator. Moreover, this colonial amnesia produces Europeans of color as outsiders and “aliens” threatening to the liberal continent’s identity.'

'Thus, racialized Europeans are forever “just arriving” and forgotten in the construction of a contemporary European identity. The book gives examples of continent’s Roma and Sinti populations who have resided in Europe for half a millennium and are constantly marginalized as foreigners.'

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#activism #culture #identity #norms #normality #Europeanness #whiteness #raceMaking #racialization #ElTayeb #Europe #postColonialism #racelessness #colorblind #raceMaking #colourblind #racism #diaspora #Belgium #France #Netherlands #NL #Germany #Austria #Italy #Spain #Portugal #Hungary #postNational

Félicien Breton ⏚ 🍉 🔻Apr 5, 2023

"Postwar European education campaigns coded #Europe as both white and raceless, Christian and secular."

Emily #Marker draws from her work on the French #education system to discuss #race and #universalism: https://tocqueville21.com/books/authors-response-black-france-white-europe-emily-marker/

#book #whiteness #coloniality #meritocracy #feminisms #decoloniality #antiRacism #FRPol #academy #university #integration #colorblindness #democratisation #Europeanness
#livre #racialisation #decoloniale #antiracisme #blanchité #racismeSystémique #colonialité #méritocratie #lectureDécoloniale #islamogauchisme #France #décolonisation

Author's Response: Black France, White Europe (Emily Marker) - Tocqueville21

**This is the author’s response in our book forum on Emily Marker’s Black France, White Europe” Youth, Race, and Belonging in the Postwar Era. This week, we have published four […]

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