Modern racism and antisemitism are civilized rationales for primitive instincts

Evidence

Modern racism, in its origins, is an attempt to justify the enslavement and exploitation of Black Africans by enlightened Europeans and Americans; anti- Semitism is the response of the secularized Christian, no longer able to use theological arguments, against the emancipated Jew. Both provide examples of the new and modern hatred—no longer primitive, not yet civilized, but rather an attempt to provide a civilized rationale for primitive instincts. — Bernard Lewis, From Babel to Dragomans, 1039

Categorization

• DEFINE: Defines the ‘new and modern hatred’ as distinct from both primitive instinctual hostility and traditional religious bigotry.
• XREF: connects to: Modern common sense is linguistically and functionally linked to Nazi Volksempfinden — Dirk Braunstein, Adorno’s Critique of Political Economy, 1238