{"id":121,"date":"2017-08-14T13:22:12","date_gmt":"2017-08-14T11:22:12","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/anne-ruthwertheim.com\/english\/?page_id=121"},"modified":"2023-12-14T18:08:43","modified_gmt":"2023-12-14T17:08:43","slug":"rasism-and-identity","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/anne-ruthwertheim.com\/english\/rasism-and-identity\/","title":{"rendered":"Racism"},"content":{"rendered":"<div id=\"pl-121\"  class=\"panel-layout\" ><div id=\"pg-121-0\"  class=\"panel-grid panel-has-style\" ><div class=\"panel-row-style panel-row-style-for-121-0\" ><div id=\"pgc-121-0-0\"  class=\"panel-grid-cell\" ><div class=\"panel-cell-style panel-cell-style-for-121-0-0\" ><div id=\"panel-121-0-0-0\" class=\"so-panel widget widget_siteorigin-panels-postloop panel-first-child panel-last-child\" data-index=\"0\" ><div class=\"panel-widget-style panel-widget-style-for-121-0-0-0\" ><h3 class=\"widget-title\">Overview Racism<\/h3>\n\n\t\t\n\t\t\n<article id=\"post-2827\" class=\"post-2827 post type-post status-publish format-standard hentry category-geen-categorie category-news category-rasism-identity\">\n\n\t\n\t<div class=\"entry-main\">\n\n\t\t\n\t\t<header class=\"entry-header\">\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t<h1 class=\"entry-title\"><a href=\"https:\/\/anne-ruthwertheim.com\/english\/they-wouldnt-let-me-compare-gaza-to-the-japanese-internment-camps\/\" title=\"Permalink naar They wouldn\u2019t let me compare Gaza to the Japanese internment camps\" rel=\"bookmark\">They wouldn\u2019t let me compare Gaza to the Japanese internment camps<\/a><\/h1>\n\n\t\t\t\n\t\t<\/header><!-- .entry-header -->\n\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"entry-content\">\n\t\t\t\t<p>&nbsp; They wouldn\u2019t let me compare Gaza to the Japanese internment camps On Wednesday 16 July 2025 I was due to be interviewed by one of the Dutch daily newspapers about 15 August \u2013 the anniversary of the day on which we inmates of [&hellip;]\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<a class=\"more-link\" href=\"https:\/\/anne-ruthwertheim.com\/english\/they-wouldnt-let-me-compare-gaza-to-the-japanese-internment-camps\/\">Read More<span class=\"meta-nav\">&rarr;<\/span><\/a>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div><!-- .entry-content -->\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t<\/div>\n\n<\/article><!-- #post-2827 -->\n\n\t\n\t\t\n<article id=\"post-2813\" class=\"post-2813 post type-post status-publish format-standard hentry category-geen-categorie category-news category-rasism-identity\">\n\n\t\n\t<div class=\"entry-main\">\n\n\t\t\n\t\t<header class=\"entry-header\">\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t<h1 class=\"entry-title\"><a href=\"https:\/\/anne-ruthwertheim.com\/english\/translation-in-indonesian-the-book-four-turns-in-our-existence\/\" title=\"Permalink naar TRANSLATION IN INDONESIAN: The Book Four Turns in Our Existence\" rel=\"bookmark\">TRANSLATION IN INDONESIAN: The Book Four Turns in Our Existence<\/a><\/h1>\n\n\t\t\t\n\t\t<\/header><!-- .entry-header -->\n\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"entry-content\">\n\t\t\t\t<p>TRANSLATION IN INDONESIAN: The Book Four Turns in Our Existence Recently the memoirs of my parents, Wim F. Wertheim and Hetty Wertheim-Gijse Weenink, &#8220;Four Turns in Our Existence, The Lost Indies, Indonesia Born&#8221; (1991), is translated into Indonesian and published by OBOR Publishers in [&hellip;]\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<a class=\"more-link\" href=\"https:\/\/anne-ruthwertheim.com\/english\/translation-in-indonesian-the-book-four-turns-in-our-existence\/\">Read More<span class=\"meta-nav\">&rarr;<\/span><\/a>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div><!-- .entry-content -->\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t<\/div>\n\n<\/article><!-- #post-2813 -->\n\n\t\n\t\t\n<article id=\"post-2806\" class=\"post-2806 post type-post status-publish format-standard hentry category-geen-categorie category-news category-rasism-identity\">\n\n\t\n\t<div class=\"entry-main\">\n\n\t\t\n\t\t<header class=\"entry-header\">\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t<h1 class=\"entry-title\"><a href=\"https:\/\/anne-ruthwertheim.com\/english\/anne-ruth-wertheim-racism-isnt-just-about-contempt-but-also-about-jealousy\/\" title=\"Permalink naar Anne-Ruth Wertheim: \u2018Racism isn\u2019t just about contempt, but also about jealousy.\u2019\" rel=\"bookmark\">Anne-Ruth Wertheim: \u2018Racism isn\u2019t just about contempt, but also about jealousy.\u2019<\/a><\/h1>\n\n\t\t\t\n\t\t<\/header><!-- .entry-header -->\n\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"entry-content\">\n\t\t\t\t<p>Anne-Ruth Wertheim: \u2018Racism isn\u2019t just about contempt, but also about jealousy.\u2019 Translation of an interview with Ewoud Butter for the Dutch opinion website and monthly journal De Kanttekening, dated 12 March 2025 Anne-Ruth Wertheim (b. 1934) studied biology at the University of Amsterdam, and [&hellip;]\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<a class=\"more-link\" href=\"https:\/\/anne-ruthwertheim.com\/english\/anne-ruth-wertheim-racism-isnt-just-about-contempt-but-also-about-jealousy\/\">Read More<span class=\"meta-nav\">&rarr;<\/span><\/a>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div><!-- .entry-content -->\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t<\/div>\n\n<\/article><!-- #post-2806 -->\n\n\t\n\t\t\n<article id=\"post-2766\" class=\"post-2766 post type-post status-publish format-standard hentry category-news category-rasism-identity\">\n\n\t\n\t<div class=\"entry-main\">\n\n\t\t\n\t\t<header class=\"entry-header\">\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t<h1 class=\"entry-title\"><a href=\"https:\/\/anne-ruthwertheim.com\/english\/time-to-look-at-history-from-the-point-of-view-of-the-arms-industry\/\" title=\"Permalink naar Time to look at history from the point of view of the arms industry?\" rel=\"bookmark\">Time to look at history from the point of view of the arms industry?<\/a><\/h1>\n\n\t\t\t\n\t\t<\/header><!-- .entry-header -->\n\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"entry-content\">\n\t\t\t\t<p>Time to look at history from the point of view of the arms industry? How did we end up in a situation where there is increasing talk of an emerging Third World War? A look back at a century in which the arms industry [&hellip;]\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<a class=\"more-link\" href=\"https:\/\/anne-ruthwertheim.com\/english\/time-to-look-at-history-from-the-point-of-view-of-the-arms-industry\/\">Read More<span class=\"meta-nav\">&rarr;<\/span><\/a>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div><!-- .entry-content -->\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t<\/div>\n\n<\/article><!-- #post-2766 -->\n\n\t\n\t\t\n<article id=\"post-2763\" class=\"post-2763 post type-post status-publish format-standard hentry category-geen-categorie category-news category-rasism-identity\">\n\n\t\n\t<div class=\"entry-main\">\n\n\t\t\n\t\t<header class=\"entry-header\">\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t<h1 class=\"entry-title\"><a href=\"https:\/\/anne-ruthwertheim.com\/english\/the-prevailing-racism-is-becoming-even-more-malignant\/\" title=\"Permalink naar The prevailing racism is becoming even more malignant\" rel=\"bookmark\">The prevailing racism is becoming even more malignant<\/a><\/h1>\n\n\t\t\t\n\t\t<\/header><!-- .entry-header -->\n\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"entry-content\">\n\t\t\t\t<p>The prevailing racism is becoming even more malignant: more distrust and envy, less disdain. Discussions about racism or racial prejudice are still mainly focused on who can and who cannot be called \u2018racist.\u2019 The question of what actually constitutes racism is not asked as [&hellip;]\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<a class=\"more-link\" href=\"https:\/\/anne-ruthwertheim.com\/english\/the-prevailing-racism-is-becoming-even-more-malignant\/\">Read More<span class=\"meta-nav\">&rarr;<\/span><\/a>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div><!-- .entry-content -->\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t<\/div>\n\n<\/article><!-- #post-2763 -->\n\n\t\n\t\t\n<article id=\"post-2701\" class=\"post-2701 post type-post status-publish format-standard hentry category-geen-categorie category-news category-rasism-identity\">\n\n\t\n\t<div class=\"entry-main\">\n\n\t\t\n\t\t<header class=\"entry-header\">\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t<h1 class=\"entry-title\"><a href=\"https:\/\/anne-ruthwertheim.com\/english\/the-embarrassingly-belated-acknowledgement-of-17-august-1945\/\" title=\"Permalink naar The embarrassingly belated acknowledgement of 17 August 1945\" rel=\"bookmark\">The embarrassingly belated acknowledgement of 17 August 1945<\/a><\/h1>\n\n\t\t\t\n\t\t<\/header><!-- .entry-header -->\n\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"entry-content\">\n\t\t\t\t<p>The embarrassingly belated acknowledgement of 17 August 1945 Anne-Ruth Wertheim The recognition of the real date of the origin of the Republic of Indonesia has cost the once colonizing Netherlands a lot of headaches. But now that the Netherlands has finally found the courage [&hellip;]\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<a class=\"more-link\" href=\"https:\/\/anne-ruthwertheim.com\/english\/the-embarrassingly-belated-acknowledgement-of-17-august-1945\/\">Read More<span class=\"meta-nav\">&rarr;<\/span><\/a>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div><!-- .entry-content -->\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t<\/div>\n\n<\/article><!-- #post-2701 -->\n\n\t\n\t\t\n<article id=\"post-2679\" class=\"post-2679 post type-post status-publish format-standard hentry category-geen-categorie category-news category-rasism-identity\">\n\n\t\n\t<div class=\"entry-main\">\n\n\t\t\n\t\t<header class=\"entry-header\">\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t<h1 class=\"entry-title\"><a href=\"https:\/\/anne-ruthwertheim.com\/english\/2679-2\/\" title=\"Permalink naar From exploitation racism to competition racism\" rel=\"bookmark\">From exploitation racism to competition racism<\/a><\/h1>\n\n\t\t\t\n\t\t<\/header><!-- .entry-header -->\n\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"entry-content\">\n\t\t\t\t<p>From exploitation racism to competition racism Anne-Ruth Wertheim In this piece I describe how I came to predict in 1993 that in the years to come the prevailing racism would change its character and become more vicious. There would be a shift from exploitation [&hellip;]\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<a class=\"more-link\" href=\"https:\/\/anne-ruthwertheim.com\/english\/2679-2\/\">Read More<span class=\"meta-nav\">&rarr;<\/span><\/a>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div><!-- .entry-content -->\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t<\/div>\n\n<\/article><!-- #post-2679 -->\n\n\t\n\t\t\n<article id=\"post-1906\" class=\"post-1906 post type-post status-publish format-standard hentry category-geen-categorie category-news category-rasism-identity\">\n\n\t\n\t<div class=\"entry-main\">\n\n\t\t\n\t\t<header class=\"entry-header\">\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t<h1 class=\"entry-title\"><a href=\"https:\/\/anne-ruthwertheim.com\/english\/two-guises-of-racism-disdain-as-well-as-envy\/\" title=\"Permalink naar Two guises of racism, disdain as well as envy\" rel=\"bookmark\">Two guises of racism, disdain as well as envy<\/a><\/h1>\n\n\t\t\t\n\t\t<\/header><!-- .entry-header -->\n\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"entry-content\">\n\t\t\t\t<p>Two guises of racism, disdain as well as envy Anne-Ruth Wertheim Discussions still focus on who can and who cannot be called racist, while the question of what racism actually is, is posed much less and is often fobbed off with vague descriptions in [&hellip;]\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<a class=\"more-link\" href=\"https:\/\/anne-ruthwertheim.com\/english\/two-guises-of-racism-disdain-as-well-as-envy\/\">Read More<span class=\"meta-nav\">&rarr;<\/span><\/a>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div><!-- .entry-content -->\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t<\/div>\n\n<\/article><!-- #post-1906 -->\n\n\t\n\t\t\n<article id=\"post-424\" class=\"post-424 post type-post status-publish format-standard hentry category-rasism-identity\">\n\n\t\n\t<div class=\"entry-main\">\n\n\t\t\n\t\t<header class=\"entry-header\">\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t<h1 class=\"entry-title\"><a href=\"https:\/\/anne-ruthwertheim.com\/english\/unexplainable-sounds-entered-our-japanese-internment-camp\/\" title=\"Permalink naar Unexplainable sounds entered our Japanese internment camp\" rel=\"bookmark\">Unexplainable sounds entered our Japanese internment camp<\/a><\/h1>\n\n\t\t\t\n\t\t<\/header><!-- .entry-header -->\n\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"entry-content\">\n\t\t\t\t<p>Unexplainable sounds entered our Japanese internment camp Proclamation of the Republic of Indonesia, August the 17th 1945 Anne-Ruth Wertheim In this article I describe how\u00a0our family was in the neighborhood when on August the 17th of 1945 the Indonesian independence was proclaimed. My father [&hellip;]\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<a class=\"more-link\" href=\"https:\/\/anne-ruthwertheim.com\/english\/unexplainable-sounds-entered-our-japanese-internment-camp\/\">Read More<span class=\"meta-nav\">&rarr;<\/span><\/a>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div><!-- .entry-content -->\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t<\/div>\n\n<\/article><!-- #post-424 -->\n\n\t\n\t\t\n<article id=\"post-1558\" class=\"post-1558 post type-post status-publish format-standard hentry category-geen-categorie category-rasism-identity\">\n\n\t\n\t<div class=\"entry-main\">\n\n\t\t\n\t\t<header class=\"entry-header\">\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t<h1 class=\"entry-title\"><a href=\"https:\/\/anne-ruthwertheim.com\/english\/1558-2\/\" title=\"Permalink naar A Special Postcard: Speaking out against Concentration Camps, by a Survivor\" rel=\"bookmark\">A Special Postcard: Speaking out against Concentration Camps, by a Survivor<\/a><\/h1>\n\n\t\t\t\n\t\t<\/header><!-- .entry-header -->\n\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"entry-content\">\n\t\t\t\t<p>A special postcard (Note 1) On 18 December 1944 my mother, my sister, my little brother and I were deported to a Japanese internment camp for Jews. By sending him a postcard my mother wanted to notify my father, who had been interned in [&hellip;]\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<a class=\"more-link\" href=\"https:\/\/anne-ruthwertheim.com\/english\/1558-2\/\">Read More<span class=\"meta-nav\">&rarr;<\/span><\/a>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div><!-- .entry-content -->\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t<\/div>\n\n<\/article><!-- #post-1558 -->\n\n\t\n\t\t\n<article id=\"post-2485\" class=\"post-2485 post type-post status-publish format-standard hentry category-rasism-identity\">\n\n\t\n\t<div class=\"entry-main\">\n\n\t\t\n\t\t<header class=\"entry-header\">\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t<h1 class=\"entry-title\"><a href=\"https:\/\/anne-ruthwertheim.com\/english\/heijermanss-ghetto-performed-in-odessa-in-1906\/\" title=\"Permalink naar Our book is published! \u2018Three Jewish Origins, Heijermans\u2019s Ghetto, performed in Odessa in 1906\u2019\" rel=\"bookmark\">Our book is published! \u2018Three Jewish Origins, Heijermans\u2019s Ghetto, performed in Odessa in 1906\u2019<\/a><\/h1>\n\n\t\t\t\n\t\t<\/header><!-- .entry-header -->\n\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"entry-content\">\n\t\t\t\t<p>Our book is published! \u2018Three Jewish Origins, Heijermans\u2019s Ghetto, performed in Odessa in 1906\u2019 In recent years, together with my life companion Rudi K\u00fcnzel, I have been working on a book about racism and anti-Semitism and that has now been published by Publishing House [&hellip;]\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<a class=\"more-link\" href=\"https:\/\/anne-ruthwertheim.com\/english\/heijermanss-ghetto-performed-in-odessa-in-1906\/\">Read More<span class=\"meta-nav\">&rarr;<\/span><\/a>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div><!-- .entry-content -->\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t<\/div>\n\n<\/article><!-- #post-2485 -->\n\n\t\n\t\t\n<article id=\"post-79\" class=\"post-79 post type-post status-publish format-standard hentry category-interviews category-rasism-identity\">\n\n\t\n\t<div class=\"entry-main\">\n\n\t\t\n\t\t<header class=\"entry-header\">\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t<h1 class=\"entry-title\"><a href=\"https:\/\/anne-ruthwertheim.com\/english\/living-witness-confirms-existence-of-camp-for-jews-in-wartime-indonesia\/\" title=\"Permalink naar Living witness confirms existence of camp for Jews\u2028 in wartime Indonesia\" rel=\"bookmark\">Living witness confirms existence of camp for Jews\u2028 in wartime Indonesia<\/a><\/h1>\n\n\t\t\t\n\t\t<\/header><!-- .entry-header -->\n\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"entry-content\">\n\t\t\t\t<p>Living witness confirms existence of camp for Jews\u2028in wartime Indonesia July 24, 2013 By GEN OKADA\/ Staff Writer A Dutch woman has come forward to confirm that occupying Japanese forces rounded up and placed Jews in Indonesia into a separate internment camp during World [&hellip;]\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<a class=\"more-link\" href=\"https:\/\/anne-ruthwertheim.com\/english\/living-witness-confirms-existence-of-camp-for-jews-in-wartime-indonesia\/\">Read More<span class=\"meta-nav\">&rarr;<\/span><\/a>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div><!-- .entry-content -->\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t<\/div>\n\n<\/article><!-- #post-79 -->\n\n\t\n\t\t\n<article id=\"post-2336\" class=\"post-2336 post type-post status-publish format-standard hentry category-experiences category-geen-categorie category-rasism-identity\">\n\n\t\n\t<div class=\"entry-main\">\n\n\t\t\n\t\t<header class=\"entry-header\">\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t<h1 class=\"entry-title\"><a href=\"https:\/\/anne-ruthwertheim.com\/english\/stolen-opium\/\" title=\"Permalink naar The Indonesian who had stolen opium\" rel=\"bookmark\">The Indonesian who had stolen opium<\/a><\/h1>\n\n\t\t\t\n\t\t<\/header><!-- .entry-header -->\n\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"entry-content\">\n\t\t\t\t<p>When I was in our first Japanese internment camp for about a year, I experienced something that made an immense impression on me. I was nine years old at the time and it has stayed with me all my life. When I was over [&hellip;]\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<a class=\"more-link\" href=\"https:\/\/anne-ruthwertheim.com\/english\/stolen-opium\/\">Read More<span class=\"meta-nav\">&rarr;<\/span><\/a>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div><!-- .entry-content -->\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t<\/div>\n\n<\/article><!-- #post-2336 -->\n\n\t\n\t\t\n<article id=\"post-1879\" class=\"post-1879 post type-post status-publish format-standard hentry category-rasism-identity\">\n\n\t\n\t<div class=\"entry-main\">\n\n\t\t\n\t\t<header class=\"entry-header\">\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t<h1 class=\"entry-title\"><a href=\"https:\/\/anne-ruthwertheim.com\/english\/cluster-bombs-once-against-vietnamese-people-and-still-in-use-today\/\" title=\"Permalink naar Cluster bombs once against Vietnamese people and still in use today\" rel=\"bookmark\">Cluster bombs once against Vietnamese people and still in use today<\/a><\/h1>\n\n\t\t\t\n\t\t<\/header><!-- .entry-header -->\n\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"entry-content\">\n\t\t\t\t<p>\u2028Cluster bombs once against Vietnamese people and still in use today Anne-Ruth Wertheim \u00a0Such bombs have little effect on military targets such as buildings and vehicles, and are mainly used on human bodies, be they warriors or civilians. On 4 March 1971 our train [&hellip;]\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<a class=\"more-link\" href=\"https:\/\/anne-ruthwertheim.com\/english\/cluster-bombs-once-against-vietnamese-people-and-still-in-use-today\/\">Read More<span class=\"meta-nav\">&rarr;<\/span><\/a>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div><!-- .entry-content -->\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t<\/div>\n\n<\/article><!-- #post-1879 -->\n\n\t\n\t\t\n<article id=\"post-1859\" class=\"post-1859 post type-post status-publish format-standard hentry category-geen-categorie category-rasism-identity\">\n\n\t\n\t<div class=\"entry-main\">\n\n\t\t\n\t\t<header class=\"entry-header\">\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t<h1 class=\"entry-title\"><a href=\"https:\/\/anne-ruthwertheim.com\/english\/critical-pedagogyan-atomic-bomb-no-bigger-than-a-pencil\/\" title=\"Permalink naar An atomic bomb no bigger than a pencil\" rel=\"bookmark\">An atomic bomb no bigger than a pencil<\/a><\/h1>\n\n\t\t\t\n\t\t<\/header><!-- .entry-header -->\n\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"entry-content\">\n\t\t\t\t<p>An atomic bomb no bigger than a pencil Anne-Ruth Wertheim On August 6, 2020, it was 75 years ago that the Americans dropped their first atomic bomb on the inhabitants of the Japanese city of Hiroshima. For a long time it was generally believed [&hellip;]\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<a class=\"more-link\" href=\"https:\/\/anne-ruthwertheim.com\/english\/critical-pedagogyan-atomic-bomb-no-bigger-than-a-pencil\/\">Read More<span class=\"meta-nav\">&rarr;<\/span><\/a>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div><!-- .entry-content -->\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t<\/div>\n\n<\/article><!-- #post-1859 -->\n\n\t\n\t\t\n<article id=\"post-658\" class=\"post-658 post type-post status-publish format-standard hentry category-rasism-identity\">\n\n\t\n\t<div class=\"entry-main\">\n\n\t\t\n\t\t<header class=\"entry-header\">\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t<h1 class=\"entry-title\"><a href=\"https:\/\/anne-ruthwertheim.com\/english\/addicted-to-racism\/\" title=\"Permalink naar Addicted to Racism: Why Populists Literally get off on Bigotry\" rel=\"bookmark\">Addicted to Racism: Why Populists Literally get off on Bigotry<\/a><\/h1>\n\n\t\t\t\n\t\t<\/header><!-- .entry-header -->\n\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"entry-content\">\n\t\t\t\t<p>Addicted to Racism: Why Populists Literally get off on Bigotry By Anne-Ruth Wertheim \u00a0Only recently did I realise that people with racist prejudices have something to lose: their short-term delight, the balm for their soul. This is something they have in common with addicts. [&hellip;]\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<a class=\"more-link\" href=\"https:\/\/anne-ruthwertheim.com\/english\/addicted-to-racism\/\">Read More<span class=\"meta-nav\">&rarr;<\/span><\/a>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div><!-- .entry-content -->\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t<\/div>\n\n<\/article><!-- #post-658 -->\n\n\t\n\t\t\n<article id=\"post-593\" class=\"post-593 post type-post status-publish format-standard hentry category-rasism-identity\">\n\n\t\n\t<div class=\"entry-main\">\n\n\t\t\n\t\t<header class=\"entry-header\">\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t<h1 class=\"entry-title\"><a href=\"https:\/\/anne-ruthwertheim.com\/english\/identity-all-us-are-combis-identity-all-of-us-are-combis\/\" title=\"Permalink naar Identity? All of us are Combis!\" rel=\"bookmark\">Identity? All of us are Combis!<\/a><\/h1>\n\n\t\t\t\n\t\t<\/header><!-- .entry-header -->\n\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"entry-content\">\n\t\t\t\t<p>Identity? All of us are Combis! Do you Feel Dutch or Moroccan? Jewish or Not? Anne-Ruth Wertheim discusses why we should refrain from posing the loyalty question.\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 I once belonged to a minority. Most of the people around me had dark skin and I [&hellip;]\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<a class=\"more-link\" href=\"https:\/\/anne-ruthwertheim.com\/english\/identity-all-us-are-combis-identity-all-of-us-are-combis\/\">Read More<span class=\"meta-nav\">&rarr;<\/span><\/a>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div><!-- .entry-content -->\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t<\/div>\n\n<\/article><!-- #post-593 -->\n\n\t\n\t\t\n<article id=\"post-2471\" class=\"post-2471 post type-post status-publish format-standard hentry category-geen-categorie category-rasism-identity\">\n\n\t\n\t<div class=\"entry-main\">\n\n\t\t\n\t\t<header class=\"entry-header\">\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t<h1 class=\"entry-title\"><a href=\"https:\/\/anne-ruthwertheim.com\/english\/2471-2\/\" title=\"Permalink naar Wir sind alle Kombis!\" rel=\"bookmark\">Wir sind alle Kombis!<\/a><\/h1>\n\n\t\t\t\n\t\t<\/header><!-- .entry-header -->\n\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"entry-content\">\n\t\t\t\t<p>Anne-Ruth Wertheim: Wir sind alle Kombis! Gewalt und die Festlegung\u2028von Identit\u00e4ten Dieser Artikel ist eine \u00dcbersetzung aus der niederl\u00e4ndischen in die deutsche Sprache von Anja H\u00e4nsch und Genia Niemeyer. (Der urspr\u00fcngliche Artikel erschien am 4. Februar 2006 in der Niederl\u00e4ndischen Zeitung \u2019De Volkskrant\u2019) F\u00fchlst [&hellip;]\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<a class=\"more-link\" href=\"https:\/\/anne-ruthwertheim.com\/english\/2471-2\/\">Read More<span class=\"meta-nav\">&rarr;<\/span><\/a>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div><!-- .entry-content -->\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t<\/div>\n\n<\/article><!-- #post-2471 -->\n\n\t\n\t\t\n<article id=\"post-652\" class=\"post-652 post type-post status-publish format-standard hentry category-rasism-identity\">\n\n\t\n\t<div class=\"entry-main\">\n\n\t\t\n\t\t<header class=\"entry-header\">\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t<h1 class=\"entry-title\"><a href=\"https:\/\/anne-ruthwertheim.com\/english\/are-there-echoes-the-old-anti-semitism-todays-islam-hatred\/\" title=\"Permalink naar Are there Echoes of the old Anti-Semitism in today\u2019s Islam-Hatred?\" rel=\"bookmark\">Are there Echoes of the old Anti-Semitism in today\u2019s Islam-Hatred?<\/a><\/h1>\n\n\t\t\t\n\t\t<\/header><!-- .entry-header -->\n\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"entry-content\">\n\t\t\t\t<p>Are there Echoes of the old Anti-Semitism in today\u2019s Islam-Hatred? Anne-Ruth Wertheim: Recently, the head of the Dutch national police Gerard Bouman warned against the poison that was seeping into his organization: Muslims were continually being forced to prove their loyalty. Has Islamophobia really [&hellip;]\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<a class=\"more-link\" href=\"https:\/\/anne-ruthwertheim.com\/english\/are-there-echoes-the-old-anti-semitism-todays-islam-hatred\/\">Read More<span class=\"meta-nav\">&rarr;<\/span><\/a>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div><!-- .entry-content -->\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t<\/div>\n\n<\/article><!-- #post-652 -->\n\n\t\n\t\t\n<article id=\"post-146\" class=\"post-146 post type-post status-publish format-standard hentry category-rasism-identity\">\n\n\t\n\t<div class=\"entry-main\">\n\n\t\t\n\t\t<header class=\"entry-header\">\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t<h1 class=\"entry-title\"><a href=\"https:\/\/anne-ruthwertheim.com\/english\/join-forces-against-islamophobia\/\" title=\"Permalink naar Join Forces against Islamophobia\" rel=\"bookmark\">Join Forces against Islamophobia<\/a><\/h1>\n\n\t\t\t\n\t\t<\/header><!-- .entry-header -->\n\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"entry-content\">\n\t\t\t\t<p>Join Forces against Islamophobia On 16 January 2015 in the Nelson Mandela Centre in Amsterdam a meeting took place entitled \u201cJoin Forces against Islamophobia\u2019\u2019. During this meeting, organized by The Collective against Islamophobia and Discrimination and EMCEMO (Euro-Mediterranean Centre for Migration &amp; Development there [&hellip;]\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<a class=\"more-link\" href=\"https:\/\/anne-ruthwertheim.com\/english\/join-forces-against-islamophobia\/\">Read More<span class=\"meta-nav\">&rarr;<\/span><\/a>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div><!-- .entry-content -->\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t<\/div>\n\n<\/article><!-- #post-146 -->\n\n\t\n\t\t\n<article id=\"post-643\" class=\"post-643 post type-post status-publish format-standard hentry category-rasism-identity\">\n\n\t\n\t<div class=\"entry-main\">\n\n\t\t\n\t\t<header class=\"entry-header\">\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t<h1 class=\"entry-title\"><a href=\"https:\/\/anne-ruthwertheim.com\/english\/speech-on-crystal-night-commemoration-amsterdam-by-anne-ruth-wertheim\/\" title=\"Permalink naar Speech on Crystal Night commemoration Amsterdam, by Anne-Ruth Wertheim\" rel=\"bookmark\">Speech on Crystal Night commemoration Amsterdam, by Anne-Ruth Wertheim<\/a><\/h1>\n\n\t\t\t\n\t\t<\/header><!-- .entry-header -->\n\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"entry-content\">\n\t\t\t\t<p>On November the 9th 2013, on Crystal Night* commemoration Amsterdam, Anne-Ruth Wertheim gave this speech: Let\u2019s break down the dividing lines! We never want to allow one part of the population to be attacked again because another part of the population has started thinking [&hellip;]\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<a class=\"more-link\" href=\"https:\/\/anne-ruthwertheim.com\/english\/speech-on-crystal-night-commemoration-amsterdam-by-anne-ruth-wertheim\/\">Read More<span class=\"meta-nav\">&rarr;<\/span><\/a>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div><!-- .entry-content -->\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t<\/div>\n\n<\/article><!-- #post-643 -->\n\n\t\n\t\t\n<article id=\"post-627\" class=\"post-627 post type-post status-publish format-standard hentry category-rasism-identity\">\n\n\t\n\t<div class=\"entry-main\">\n\n\t\t\n\t\t<header class=\"entry-header\">\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t<h1 class=\"entry-title\"><a href=\"https:\/\/anne-ruthwertheim.com\/english\/racism-the-sanctification-rivalry-and-the-jealousy-taboo\/\" title=\"Permalink naar Racism, the Sanctification of Rivalry and the Jealousy Taboo\" rel=\"bookmark\">Racism, the Sanctification of Rivalry and the Jealousy Taboo<\/a><\/h1>\n\n\t\t\t\n\t\t<\/header><!-- .entry-header -->\n\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"entry-content\">\n\t\t\t\t<p>Racism, the Sanctification of Rivalry and the Jealousy Taboo Anne-Ruth Wertheim On 31 January 2013 Mohamed Rabbae stated on www.Joop.nl that Geert Wilders is not looking for solutions to what he calls \u2018The Moroccan Problem\u2019 in Dutch Parliament. He is looking for allies to [&hellip;]\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<a class=\"more-link\" href=\"https:\/\/anne-ruthwertheim.com\/english\/racism-the-sanctification-rivalry-and-the-jealousy-taboo\/\">Read More<span class=\"meta-nav\">&rarr;<\/span><\/a>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div><!-- .entry-content -->\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t<\/div>\n\n<\/article><!-- #post-627 -->\n\n\t\n\t\t\n<article id=\"post-605\" class=\"post-605 post type-post status-publish format-standard hentry category-rasism-identity\">\n\n\t\n\t<div class=\"entry-main\">\n\n\t\t\n\t\t<header class=\"entry-header\">\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t<h1 class=\"entry-title\"><a href=\"https:\/\/anne-ruthwertheim.com\/english\/modern-day-racism-a-mixture-that-calls-for-some-clarification\/\" title=\"Permalink naar Modern-day Racism: A Mixture That Calls for Some Clarification\" rel=\"bookmark\">Modern-day Racism: A Mixture That Calls for Some Clarification<\/a><\/h1>\n\n\t\t\t\n\t\t<\/header><!-- .entry-header -->\n\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"entry-content\">\n\t\t\t\t<p>Modern-day Racism: A Mixture That Calls for Some Clarification Anne-Ruth Wertheim Propagators of modern-day racism, which is often called Islamophobia in an effort to take off the edge, claim that all they are doing is warning people about what they see as the danger [&hellip;]\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<a class=\"more-link\" href=\"https:\/\/anne-ruthwertheim.com\/english\/modern-day-racism-a-mixture-that-calls-for-some-clarification\/\">Read More<span class=\"meta-nav\">&rarr;<\/span><\/a>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div><!-- .entry-content -->\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t<\/div>\n\n<\/article><!-- #post-605 -->\n\n\t\n\t\t\n<article id=\"post-152\" class=\"post-152 post type-post status-publish format-standard hentry category-rasism-identity\">\n\n\t\n\t<div class=\"entry-main\">\n\n\t\t\n\t\t<header class=\"entry-header\">\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t<h1 class=\"entry-title\"><a href=\"https:\/\/anne-ruthwertheim.com\/english\/wilders-lethal-words\/\" title=\"Permalink naar Wilders Lethal Words\" rel=\"bookmark\">Wilders Lethal Words<\/a><\/h1>\n\n\t\t\t\n\t\t<\/header><!-- .entry-header -->\n\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"entry-content\">\n\t\t\t\t<p>Wilders\u2019 Lethal Words Words can incite violence. These are the kind of words Geert Wilders used in the Dutch Parliament, says Anne-Ruth Wertheim. On Wednesday January 21, 2009, the Amsterdam Court decided a court ruling was required on whether Member of Parliament Geert Wilders [&hellip;]\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<a class=\"more-link\" href=\"https:\/\/anne-ruthwertheim.com\/english\/wilders-lethal-words\/\">Read More<span class=\"meta-nav\">&rarr;<\/span><\/a>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div><!-- .entry-content -->\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t<\/div>\n\n<\/article><!-- #post-152 -->\n\n\t\n\t\n<\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Overview Racism They wouldn\u2019t let me compare Gaza to the Japanese internment camps &nbsp; They wouldn\u2019t let me compare Gaza to the Japanese internment camps On Wednesday 16 July 2025 I was due to be interviewed by one of the Dutch daily newspapers about [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"parent":0,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"footnotes":""},"class_list":["post-121","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry","post"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v27.4 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>Racism - English<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/anne-ruthwertheim.com\/english\/rasism-and-identity\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"nl_NL\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Racism - English\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"Overview Racism They wouldn\u2019t let me compare Gaza to the Japanese internment camps &nbsp; 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