While nobody is suggesting that the new measures are as brutal as Italy's persecution of the Jews, numerous commentators have warned that if not nipped in the bud this racist tendency could get alarmingly out of control.
So when I sound crazy, or if the Israeli military should break with their racist tendency not to injure white people, please pin the reason squarely on the fact that I am in the midst of a genocide which I am also indirectly supporting, and for which my government is largely responsible.
Christine Chism distinguishes accusations as falling into three categories: intentional racism, unconscious Eurocentric bias, and an evolution from latent racism in Tolkien's early work to a conscious rejection of racist tendencies in his late work.
In "The Ugly Duckling," for example, the duck, in envying the swans, shows "a distinct class bias if not racist tendencies".
That spring, he published a widely publicized study in Science about an experiment done at the Utrecht train station showing that a trash-filled environment tended to bring out racist tendencies in individuals.
But in a subtle shift, he seemed careful to ascribe racist tendencies to policies and practices, rather than the state of Israel itself, although it seemed doubtful that his choice of words would please Jewish civic groups here.
If the present rise of authoritarian populism merely marks, as a writer in the Nation puts it, "a moment when liberal democracy's violent and racist tendencies have been unmasked," why should ordinary citizens believe that the hypocritical mask is worth saving?
"It fueled a lot of hate from people who have racist tendencies anyways.
We're living in a country that discriminates, and has certain racial tendencies – racist tendencies".
