Toleration itself can function as a subtle form of antisemitism demanding conformity

Evidence

Jews are not exempt from the physical attacks that mar the experiences of other ethnic and racial minorities in the Western world but they are no longer its major victims. Nevertheless, the experience of Jews and the pressure they have felt within the liberal democratic and other frameworks to conform and to assimilate, or what Williams has called “the antisemitism of toleration” (Williams, 1985), offers an indication of other dangers that minorities can face aside from outright rejection. — David Theo Goldberg, John Solomos, A Companion to Racial and Ethnic Studies, 525

Categorization

• DEFINE: Introduces Williams’ concept of ‘the antisemitism of toleration’ — a distinctive framing where the offer of acceptance carries a coercive assimilation demand.
• XREF: Connects to the reader’s existing work on dress and immodesty moral panics — those panics are one mechanism by which toleration-with-strings enforces conformity on minorities. — connects to: Collective delusions like anti-Semitism persist because they function as tolerated outlets within a culture — Rolf Wiggershaus, The Frankfurt School: Its History,…, 1793; Ambivalence and ambiguity explain antisemitic othering better than antisemitism does — David Theo Goldberg, John Solomos, A Companion to Racial and Ethnic Studies, 520; Toleration itself can pressure minorities to conform and assimilate — David Theo Goldberg, John Solomos, A Companion to Racial and Ethnic Studies, 525