Majorities differ from minorities by claiming the state as their own

Evidence

We can see something similar in the case of antisemitism. Through much of the 20th century the meanings attached to antisemitism rested on universal ideals as well as Jewish interests – upon the ideas of equality vested in Jewish emancipation and minority rights. This concept of antisemitism has not disappeared but it has been supplemented and sometimes overshadowed by a concept of antisemitism that is attached to the defence of Israel, its right to exist and its policies. … When the charge of antisemitism arises in the context of debate on the politics of Israel/Palestine it is wielded, in part at least, as an adjunct to state power and not as an auxiliary to the claims of a vulnerable minority. — A. Hussain, N. Meer, Framing Muslim Integration, 719 (#complicates, via linked claim)

Categorization

• XREF: connects to: Marcuse asserted a natural right of minorities to extralegal resistance — Rolf Wiggershaus, The Frankfurt School: Its History,…, 2592; Sacralizing territory lets political claims override demographic and geographic facts — Nadim N. Rouhana and Nadera Shalhoub-Kevorkian, When Politics Are Sacralized:…, 561; Full state embrace of one’s nationalist ideology forecloses minority accommodation. — Neil DeVotta, Sinhalese Buddhist Nationalist…, 719 (+8 more)

Broader Connections

• A charge of bigotry can shift from minority-rights claim to adjunct of state power. #complicates (0.78) — A. Hussain, N. Meer, Framing Muslim Integration, 719