Antisemitic Attitudes among Young Black and Hispanic Americans

Abstract

Prior research has shown that racial minority groups are more likely than Whites to hold negative views of Jews. We discuss several theories that may explain this phenomenon, including group competition, anti-White attitudes manifesting as antisemitism, spillover from anti-Israel attitudes, and more. Some theories, especially those developed in the mid-20th century, may be less applicable today, particularly to young adults. Through an original survey of 3,500 Americans, including an oversample of 18–30 year olds, we discover that antisemitic views remain far more common among minorities than Whites, especially among young people. However, the racial differences do not seem to be explained by common theories cited and explored in prior literature. But with Black and Hispanic Americans agreeing with antisemitic statements at similar levels as White alt-right identifiers in our sample, our findings call for renewed interest in the topic of race and antisemitism.

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“…Another example is the hypocrisy in the Critical Theory claim that oppressed (i.e., not white) groups cannot be racist (because they are punching up the power hierarchy); aside from the illogical directional binary said to determine whether punching is an assault, research finds that antisemitic attitudes in the US by Black and Hispanic youth are similar to those of the selfdescribed white alt-right (Hersh & Royden, 2023). If racism is the belief that different races possess distinct and inherent characteristics, abilities, or qualities, so as to distinguish them as inferior or superior to one another (Attygalle and Liu Hopson, 2023), then no one can be theoretically precluded from being racist.…”