: I think your (group's) definition of "European
: Americans" is badly flawed.

: For one thing, it appears that Jews are excluded from the
: definition. I can tell you that all of my grandparents came
: from Europe, as did all of their parents and grandparents
: for many generations back. So am I not a "European
: American" as well?

: How about Bosnians - they are from Europe, but are mainly
: Muslim. Would Bosnian Muslims be welcome in your group? How
: about Greek Orthodox? Catholics?

: I haven't read the book you are discussing, but I expect I
: would agree with most, though probably not all, of it.
: Children do need to learn respect and tolerance for others,
: starting at an early age, and those who teach children to
: hate others because of the national, racial, or religious
: group they belong to do a grave disservice to those
: children, and to the world.

: It is true that the meaning of the word "hate" has
: at times itself been distorted and misapplied to groups
: which simply promote ideas that the labelers find
: distasteful, but I am using the word here in its true
: English meaning. Hopefully any schoolteachers using this
: book will notice and point out the difference where need
: be.
BXDanny,
Perhaps if the ADL and Jews consider themselves "European Americans", they should begin acting like it. If not we can only conclude /wonder if they suffer from selbthass, the German word for self-hatred. At any rate I must agree these attempts at suppression of facts concerning racially movtivated crimes will lead to much animosity. It is quite obvious to most Americans the ADL acts as a kind of herdsman for minority groups to fashion the democratic party.