Yoshie Furuhashi wrote:
Looking at what Marx wrote, you can probably find far more negative statements about Judaism in his early writings than in populist literature of Bryan's times, to say nothing of prejudiced remarks (such as "the Jewish nigger") Marx made in his letters.
In one of the appendices of his KARL MARX'S THEORY OF REVOLUTION, Hal Draper presents a good analysis of Marx's anti-Semitism that also applies to his racism: sure Marx was racist and anti-Semitic, but then again so was almost everyone else at the time. In addition, these attitudes are hardly essential to his thinking: his thought becomes more coherent and stronger if you drop these disgusting parts of it. BTW, if individuals of the African-American persuasion [ ;-) ] are allowed by US society to use the generally banned n-word in conversations with each other, why couldn't Marx use anti-Semitic terms in conversation with his fellow Jews? -- Jim Devine / "Segui il tuo corso, e lascia dir le genti." (Go your own way and let people talk.) -- Karl, paraphrasing Dante.
