Language:
English
Year of publication:
2010
Titel der Quelle:
Patterns of Prejudice
Angaben zur Quelle:
44,5 (2010) 432-453
Keywords:
Nixon, Richard M.
;
Antisemitism History 1945-
Abstract:
In public, President Nixon did not express hostility or show any signs of religious prejudice toward Jews. However, some of his aides and the tapes of the secret system installed in the Oval Office attest to the fact that, inside the White House, Nixon's remarks on Jews were often scurrilous. They were sometimes coupled with other seething grievances, e.g. toward liberals, radicals, Blacks, Italian-Americans, etc. He was uneasy about a "too big percentage" of Jews in the U.S. state bureaucracy and it is said that he intended to reduce their number. In many cases he labelled as "Jews" those of his adversaries who in fact were non-Jewish. Remarkably, his anti-Jewish prejudices did not affect his actions; he appointed many Jews to governmental positions and his support of Israel was unchanging. American political culture did not allow him to vent his bigotries, and considerations of "Realpolitik" were more important to him than his personal prejudices. He was a paradoxical kind of antisemitic pro-Zionist; his respect for the Jewish citizens of Israel were compatible with the hostility that he expressed toward the Jews of the USA.
DOI:
10.1080/0031322X.2010.527442
URL:
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