Talk explores connections of antisemitism, Islamophobia, racism
November 17, 2023
November 17, 2023
ITHACA, New York, Nov. 17 -- Cornell University issued the following news:
The tropes tying together religion and race are carved into human history.
Racist depictions of the behavior and appearance of Jews and Muslims encouraged ancient peoples to view them as others, and those same tropes continue to reinforce divisions today, said Ross Brann, the Milton R. Konvitz Professor of Judeo-Islamic Studies and Stephen H. Weiss Presidential Fellow in the College of Arts and S . . .
The tropes tying together religion and race are carved into human history.
Racist depictions of the behavior and appearance of Jews and Muslims encouraged ancient peoples to view them as others, and those same tropes continue to reinforce divisions today, said Ross Brann, the Milton R. Konvitz Professor of Judeo-Islamic Studies and Stephen H. Weiss Presidential Fellow in the College of Arts and S . . .