Web Only: The Asymmetry of Racism Awareness

Frances Weaver — Thu, 09 Feb 2012 10:23:39 +0000

Author:Rev. Nick Howard

For much of 2012, racism has been in the news. The Stephen Lawrence case returned to the headlines with the conviction of two men for his racially-motivated murder. Diane Abbott's tweet, "White people love playing 'divide and rule'", was widely condemned by both white and black commentators. The footballer John Terry stands accused of racially abusing QPR player Anton Ferdinand, and has been stripped of the England captaincy as a result. Another footballer, Luis Suarez, has served an eight-game ban for similar charges; and two supporters of his club, Liverpool, have been arrested on suspicion of abusing black players during games.

The Limits of Secularism

Frances Weaver — Mon, 19 Dec 2011 17:04:05 +0000

Author:By Chief Rabbi Lord Sacks

Isaiah Berlin: A secular Jew but a loyal Jew

In 1830 a young French aristocrat visited the United States to see the new phenomenon of American democracy built on the principled separation of Church and state. He naturally expected to find a secular society, a place where religion, having been deprived of power, had no influence either. What he found was exactly the opposite: a society that was very religious indeed, a society in which religion was, in his words, "the first of its political institutions" — or, as we would say today, the first of its civil institutions.

Judaism

Web Only: The Asymmetry of Racism Awareness

The Limits of Secularism