Wife of Israel's interior minister tweets, and deletes, racist joke about President Obama
Source: BUSINESS INSIDER
Judy Mozes, an Israeli talk-show host and the wife of the countrys Interior Minister, tweeted a racist joke about President Barack Obama on Sunday morning.
She then quickly deleted it and apologized.
Mozes, who is married Silvan Shalom, a Likud party member and currently vice prime minister and head of the Ministry of the Interior, tweeted a joke she said she heard that compared Obama's skin color to a weak cup of coffee.
She has nearly 75,000 followers.
Read more: http://www.businessinsider.com/wife-of-israeli-minister-tweets-racist-joke-about-president-obama-2015-6
dhill926
(16,392 posts)yeah, right. Don't bother apologizing....own it, you piece of shit....
Liberal_in_LA
(44,397 posts)Laurian
(2,593 posts)What ignorance.
BumRushDaShow
(130,142 posts)Was wondering how long it would take to hit the M$M. I love their apologist rhetoric claiming she has "weird outbursts", rather than calling her out for what she is. People tend to instinctively react with their true selves when in some sort of comfort zone. Unfortunately anyone in elective office (including their families), regardless of what they really feel, are under the microscope for certain behaviors - notably anything that can generate a quick media frenzy.
truthisfreedom
(23,169 posts)Other than her being married to a high political figure, it wasn't exactly racist. If she'd called bohner orange would anyone have given a shit?
Chicago1980
(1,968 posts)aint_no_life_nowhere
(21,925 posts)Like in a weak cup of coffee? If that's all it is, I don't find it funny and it's not much of a joke. But it doesn't sound very offensive or mean-spirited either.
HardLineDem
(26 posts)So, your skin is some color or other and mine is...what, a sort of pale pinky-yellow? So what? But whatever is funny about any of that?
pscot
(21,024 posts)She seems to have a history of making a fool of herself in public
yardwork
(61,821 posts)I'm not exaggerating. Every time we ignore or justify racism, we allow it to build and eventually the logical conclusion is that some weak-minded individual is going to act on the rhetoric, as we saw in South Carolina last week.
It absolutely is racist to talk about Obama's skin color. It's not comparable to talking about the white guy's skin tone. The reason it's not comparable is that blacks and whites in the U.S. are in no way "equal" in any historic, economic, or social sense. It's simply disingenuous to pretend that they are.
Two buddies in a bar who belong to the same socio-economic demographic can taunt one another and it is "equal." Taunting the first black president about his skin color is not comparable to taunting Boehner for having a weird skin tone.
cosmicone
(11,014 posts)Well stated!
oberliner
(58,724 posts)The person was attacked on twitter for the tweet. She deleted it and apologized. What else ought to happen?
yardwork
(61,821 posts)Schema Thing
(10,283 posts)It's exactly the same, your special pleadings aside.
Boehner is orange hued, and Obama is coffee hued.
It's tacky in most context, but not racist, to comment on either - but it happens ALL THE TIME here on DU. Not nearly as bad in either case as commenting on Hillary's ankles or someone else' fat.
LanternWaste
(37,748 posts)I'd rationalize it if my bias depended on it too...
jwirr
(39,215 posts)our country is getting less and less willing to fall for their hate. And why our citizens are getting more anti-Israeli. Of all people in the world the Israeli people should know what hate leads to. Yeah they have a nuclear bomb to back up their hate but the use of such a bomb will lead to an end to all support for them.
Wake up Israel before you push all of us away.
Frustratedlady
(16,254 posts)jtuck004
(15,882 posts)Let them dry up and blow away. Fuck the whole occupying country.
oberliner
(58,724 posts)This is in reaction to the wife of an Israeli politician tweeting an offensive Obama joke?
Comrade Grumpy
(13,184 posts)oberliner
(58,724 posts)It seemed to be in response to it.
jtuck004
(15,882 posts)Psephos
(8,032 posts)His book "Love and Hate" would be a good place to start.
Anyway, science says you have it backwards. We come genetically prewired with a predisposition toward identifying in-groups and out-groups. We show extreme loyalty to our in-group, and viciousness toward out-groups. We are blind to the flaws and hypocrisies of our in-group, and treat utterances and actions of the out-group as evil and threatening.
Racism is not taught. It's a genetic relict from tribal times when it conferred a survival advantage. What can be taught is how we have far more in common than in difference, reminding us all at a deep emotional level that we are all members of the same ingroup.
It's a tall order, but at least it's an evidence-based strategy. The current fetish to factionalize and Balkanize racial, political, and religious differences has proven catastrophically unproductive.
grossproffit
(5,591 posts)Blue_Tires
(55,445 posts)oberliner
(58,724 posts)Comrade Grumpy
(13,184 posts)Chakab
(1,727 posts)yardwork
(61,821 posts)arikara
(5,562 posts)But cops attack and kill them just for being black.
Chakab
(1,727 posts)oberliner
(58,724 posts)A white racist shot and killed nine people just because they were black.
Chakab
(1,727 posts)subjugating an entire ethnic group within its borders?
Mosby
(16,424 posts)Everyone in Israel has the same rights.
There has been a great deal of violence against Israelis which is coming from the Palestinians living in the west bank, Gaza and east Jerusalem. More than 1000 israelis have been murdered.
grossproffit
(5,591 posts)Interesting how a post on racism would bring out so much bigotry. Actually, not really around here.
Chakab
(1,727 posts)Chakab
(1,727 posts)http://www.haaretz.com/news/israel/israel-admits-ethiopian-women-were-given-birth-control-shots.premium-1.496519
http://www.haaretz.com/news/israel/israel-admits-ethiopian-women-were-given-birth-control-shots.premium-1.496519
http://www.theguardian.com/world/2013/feb/28/ethiopian-women-given-contraceptives-israel
6chars
(3,967 posts)According to a TV program in 2012, female Ethiopian immigrants may have been given the Depo-Provera birth control drug without full explanation of its effects,[56] although the Israeli health ministry has instructed all health maintenance organizations not to use the treatment unless patients understand the ramifications. Ethiopian Jewish women awaiting aliyah were given birth control while in transit camps. The drug has existed for around thirty years but only about five percent of women elect to use this method of birth control in the US.[57] The effects of Depo-Provera last for three months.
The practice was first reported in 2010 by Isha le'Isha, an Israeli womens rights organization. Hedva Eyal, the author of the report, stated: "We believe it is a method of reducing the number of births in a community that is black and mostly poor." [58] Haaretz criticized the coverage,[59] alleging that there was no plan to deliberately reduce the birth rates of Ethiopian Jews, and there was no evidence for coercion.
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Seems that what Israel should have done if they want to reduce the number of Ethiopian origin Jews in Israel would be to not have airlifted them in. Not sure what the motivations are here.
Purveyor
(29,876 posts)oberliner
(58,724 posts)Is that what the laughing jester is meant to indicate?
bravenak
(34,648 posts)Blue_Tires
(55,445 posts)but the OP's story wasn't about the U.S., was it?
grossproffit
(5,591 posts)C Moon
(12,227 posts)oldandhappy
(6,719 posts)Go find her and send a message. I did. Thanks.
oldandhappy
(6,719 posts)Sshalom@knesset.gov.il
Just emailed him. Join me.
oberliner
(58,724 posts)That's not how it works.
oldandhappy
(6,719 posts)And, noise is noise. He may never see my email, in fact, I strongly doubt he reads any of his emails. That is staff duty. But someone has to read and count and that person knows international relations can hinge on the dumbest things. And this was really dumb! Anyway ...
elehhhhna
(32,076 posts)A year so they can afford shit we don't have. Like national healthcare and education.
oberliner
(58,724 posts)We just choose not to direct our resources that way.
yardwork
(61,821 posts)The Stranger
(11,297 posts)AIPAC?
HassleCat
(6,409 posts)...he doesn't "support" Israel. True, he's not as "strong" a supporter of all Israeli policies as some presidents have been, but consider the circumstances. Israel has taken a rightward turn in recent years, and some Israeli politicians have scored points by questioning Obama's "weakness" and lack of support. When Israel steps to the right, it's difficult for the US to support everything it does, and Obama is not the first US president to hesitate at unconditionally going all-in for Israel. Of course, some people just cannot resist the temptation to look at the president's skin color and conclude that makes him sympathize with Arabs.
Sunlei
(22,651 posts)wives all gossiped and twittered all day, the horror of a Decent, Honest, American President.
red dog 1
(27,942 posts)just like that war-monger Netanyahu & his racist Likud Party, which her husband is part of.
63splitwindow
(2,657 posts)and for a moment honestly express their thoughts and feelings. Then, in a bizarre twist, they will somehow blame their actions on someone else. You know, just like a 3 year-old would.
catbyte
(34,557 posts)oberliner
(58,724 posts)That seems a bit incongruous.
The Stranger
(11,297 posts)Stop supporting racists.
How's that for congruity?
catbyte
(34,557 posts)about the President? And you don't see any connection? I guess I'm just strange.
4now
(1,596 posts)oberliner
(58,724 posts)We have people running for president in this very country who have said much much more offensive things about Obama.
The Stranger
(11,297 posts)This is about a racist tweet from someone close to the most powerful in Israel.
It was and is unforgivable, especially in the wake of a Terrorist attack on African-Americans that is very clearly known about internationally.
geek tragedy
(68,868 posts)LanternWaste
(37,748 posts)This is in response to an entire spectrum of belief and behavior exemplified by one tweet.
Forest, trees, etc...
Sunlei
(22,651 posts)grossproffit
(5,591 posts)McCamy Taylor
(19,240 posts)oberliner
(58,724 posts)Lots of Americans have tweeted much much more offensive things about Obama, including some who are currently running for President.
6chars
(3,967 posts)nt
betterdemsonly
(1,967 posts)an individual. She represent the popularly elected view in the Israeli state.
oberliner
(58,724 posts)Last edited Wed Jun 24, 2015, 03:23 PM - Edit history (1)
Does he represent the popular view of the United States?
This woman was not elected to anything and holds no position in government. She is a talk show host along the lines of Hannity (a man who regularly says repellant things about Obama much more offensive than this tweet).
betterdemsonly
(1,967 posts)Sunlei
(22,651 posts)MILLIONS (republicans fake political charities paid) on several recent 'secret vacations meetings' in Israel to spread their Obama -hate.
She probably 'joked around' and caught the republican cancer they've infected so many Americans with.
oberliner
(58,724 posts)Spend a few minutes listening to any of the RW radio shows for instance.
Sunlei
(22,651 posts)campaign was also very offensive.
En Garde
(94 posts)Hekate
(91,055 posts)Nothing weak about him.
DCBob
(24,689 posts)grossproffit
(5,591 posts)I don't understand how some can feel that comments like these are funny in the slightest. Having said that, I've caught friends using 'jokes' like these about nationalities, races and religions. The sad part is that they don't even realize what they're doing until you point it out to them and I always do, point it out.
betterdemsonly
(1,967 posts)provoking racial strife, and violence, then claiming to defend Israelis from the the strife they created. There is a reason their apologists in the US, such as Bill Kristol are also defenders of neoconfederates and the confederate flag. They have a lot in common.