Aspects of Jewish power in the United States $b : volume IV of the International Jew, the world's foremost problem : being a reprint of a fourth selection from articles appearing in the Dearborn IndependentFord, Henry
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Aspects of Jewish power in the United States $b : volume IV of the International Jew, the world's foremost problem : being a reprint of a fourth selection from articles appearing in the Dearborn Independent
Ford, Henry
Antisemitic literature; Jews -- United States; United States -- Ethnic relations
These charges are true, they cannot be disproved, Jewish leaders have
not attempted to disprove them. Thousands of Jews have said that they
are true.
Then where is the obstacle to a settlement?
This question is best answered by three typical replies made by Jews
during the course of the present series.
1. “_What you say is true, but you should not say it._”
There is a principle, seldom expressed among the Jews, but always acted
on, that Jews should not have public attention called to them except by
themselves or their chosen spokesmen. This is unfortunate, because any
establishment of the Jews as an accepted and trusted part of the general
citizenry must include their being known as such. In this country the
Jew should not only welcome the widest knowledge (unless he has
something he fears to have known) but should himself undertake the
exposure of those things which will eventually bring a shadow on the
name of his race. The Jew has never done this. When exposure could no
longer be suppressed, the Jewish attitude has always been one of
defense, regardless of the merits of the case. “The Jew can do no wrong”
is the principle acted upon. Never must a “Gentile” charge be admitted,
however true it may be. Never must a “Gentile” reform be assisted, no
matter how much needed.
Now, that principle may do for other countries, but not for the United
States. If the Jew is wise, he ought speedily to take warning that in
this country the old line of action will not succeed. If Jews continue
to show a disposition to defend the malefactors of their race against
the just expostulations of the rest of the people, they must not be
surprised if the public begins to view them as all one crowd—an inner
nation set against the outer nation.
2. “_What you say is true, but your conclusion is wrong: it is not for
the Jew to change to your standards, it is for you to change to the
Jew’s standards._”
This is the fighting view. It admits that there are two ideas in
conflict in the United States, what it unfairly terms the “Puritanic”
idea, opposed by what it calls the Jewish Universal idea.
This view would command respect if it represented a superior morality in
conflict with a lesser morality, if it represented a higher civilization
against a lower civilization. Will any Jew contend that it does? Will
any Jew deny that the influence of the Jewish idea in this generation is
to break down such morality as we had? Will any Jew deny that the
civilization of the United States before the advent of the Jews thither
was superior to the highest civilization ever achieved by the Jews
anywhere at any period of their history?
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