Toleration itself can pressure minorities to conform and assimilate

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. Jews are not unduly part of an economic underclass anymore. But as the analysis of the position of ethnic minorities broadens to consider their place also in the culture and everyday life of dominant societies, there is again much to be gained by placing the history of the Jews and responses to them in the broader perspective of the minority experience as a whole. Extreme racism, as well as the construction of minority identities by majority culture, links the Jewish case to many others. — David Theo Goldberg, John Solomos, A Companion to Racial and Ethnic Studies, 525

Categorization

• XREF: Directly parallels the vault’s definitional treatment of liberal tolerance as a mode of racial governance alongside outright exclusion; connects to Goldberg’s own work on racial liberalism. — connects to: Toleration itself can function as a subtle form of antisemitism demanding conformity — David Theo Goldberg, John Solomos, A Companion to Racial and Ethnic Studies, 525; Tolerance presupposes the tolerator’s power over the tolerated — David Theo Goldberg, The Threat of Race: Reflections on…, 835; Tolerance is a power-laden denial that masks racial inequality — David Theo Goldberg, The Threat of Race: Reflections on…, 835
• DEFINE: Introduces ‘antisemitism of toleration,’ a concept naming a distinct mode of pressure distinct from outright rejection.

Broader Connections

• Toleration itself can function as a subtle form of antisemitism demanding conformity #expands (0.95) — David Theo Goldberg, John Solomos, A Companion to Racial and Ethnic Studies, 525
• Tolerance is a power-laden denial that masks racial inequality #corroborates (0.85) — David Theo Goldberg, The Threat of Race, 835
• Tolerance presupposes the tolerator’s power over the tolerated #complicates (0.80) — David Theo Goldberg, The Threat of Race, 835