These are really big questions. I can’t even imagine trying to teach about a form of bigotry that included myself as a target.
Can antisemitism be solved? I don’t even know whether I understood what antisemitism was a year ago. I don’t know of any answer beyond “treat people as the individuals they are.”
when I teach, I remove myself from the equation. Otherwise, it becomes too personal and excessively subjective. I recognize the fault of claiming objectivity because there is no such thing, but I aim to use, what I call "hermeneutics of respect" and "hermeneutics of disagreement." However, I place my own subjectivity in my writing (for instance, I do not discuss/teach about my family's Holocaust history, but I write about it).
I do recognize being a target though and I no longer, sadly, wear my Star of David.
These are really big questions. I can’t even imagine trying to teach about a form of bigotry that included myself as a target.
Can antisemitism be solved? I don’t even know whether I understood what antisemitism was a year ago. I don’t know of any answer beyond “treat people as the individuals they are.”
when I teach, I remove myself from the equation. Otherwise, it becomes too personal and excessively subjective. I recognize the fault of claiming objectivity because there is no such thing, but I aim to use, what I call "hermeneutics of respect" and "hermeneutics of disagreement." However, I place my own subjectivity in my writing (for instance, I do not discuss/teach about my family's Holocaust history, but I write about it).
I do recognize being a target though and I no longer, sadly, wear my Star of David.