(The Jewish Chronicle) At the behest of powerful Jewish supremacist groups in the U.K., the editor of The Metro newspaper has been forced to issue a formal apology — along with a printed a correction — after publishing a letter from a reader who implied Jews could not be victims of racism as they were part of the “privileged majority“: The newspaper’s Metro Talk page on Tuesday 23rd November featured a letter from a reader named Vytautas in Sheffield that attempted to make the point that the term ‘racism’ cannot be applied to minorities who make prejudicial statements.
The letter read: “Racism should not be misconstrued for prejudice – this alone does not infringe on the rights of minorities. Racism is an attempt by a ‘privileged’ majority to undermine the destiny of a minority individual or group – it can only be applied by the privileged. “What we term ‘racism’ by minorities is not racism by ‘prejudice’, as the minority cannot affect the destiny of the privileged majority. Azeem was deprived of his potential.
“But what did he take from Jews when he made his prejudicial comments at the age of 19? For racism to exist, there has to be a power imbalance and he had no power. Let us not misconstrue racism with prejudice.” The views in the letter seem to espouse a view held by some anti-racism campaigners that minorities can’t be guilty of racism.
Social media users reacted angrily to the letter with ‘Jews Don’t Count’ author David Baddiel saying on twitter: “The idea that Jews are privileged and not a proper minority is at the heart of the Jews Don’t Count issue, and swirls at the basis of all the dismissals of the calling-out of antisemitism.”
Editor of the Metro Ted Young apologised for the letter saying in a tweet: “The MetroTalk page is carefully edited with all sorts of views coming in from around the country… Our readers always challenge views that are clearly wrong in the cut and thrust of debate. But In hindsight this should not have made the page. Apologies.”.....
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Saying Jews can't be victims of racism -- a crime against humanity. I have NEVER heard of such a heinous transgression in all my LIFE! How could this newspaper do this? Where is their compassion??? They need to be forced out of business and sent to the gas chamber. It's "UNCONSCIONABLE".