THE DETROIT JEWISH NEWS
6—Friday, October 7, 1966
'Negro Anti-Semitism - Denied
(Continued from Page 1)
More than 80 per cent of those
queried said they have never been
treated unfairly by Jewish mer-
chants: 62 per cent said it is easier
to get credit in a Jewish-owned
store; 9 per cent said it is not
easier; 49 per cent said Jews are
easier on Negroes who fall behind
in their payments, 16 per cent
said Jews are harder. The balance
thought Jewish and non-Jewish
white store owners are the same
or said they did not know which
is better.
On the whole, Epstein declared,
Negroes seem to feel a "shared
minority group status" with Jews
which precludes any pronounced
anti-Semitism. The study makes
apparent, he said, that the Negro
position as a persecuted minority
leads Negroes to reject discrim-
inatory behavior against other
minorities as well. He cited the
following:
Negroes are more opposed to employ-
ment and social club discrimination
against Jews than are non-Jewish
whites.
Negroes, more frequently than non-
Jewish whites. said they would not
vote for a political candidate who had
an anti-Semitic platform.
Negroes, more frequently than non-
Jewish whites, said they would oppose
any legislation to curtail Jewish immi-
gration.
When comparing Negro anti-
Semitism to the anti-Semitism of
other Americans, Negroes were
more likely to accept negative
economic stereotypes of Jews,
less likely to accept the stereotype
that "Jews have too much power,"
and showed no difference from
others in believing such stereo-
types as "Jews stick together too
much."
It was found that less than 4 per
cent of those queried are in sym-
pathy with the Muslim movement
which is in favor of Negro eco-
nomic self-sufficiency and has
criticized Jewish involvement in
the civil rights struggle. These
individuals were much more likely
to be anti-Semitic than other Ne-
groes, but even among this group,
there has been special considera-
tion for Jews.
The report points out, for ex-
ample, that Elijah Muhammad,
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the Muslim leader, said that
"Jewish people have a greater
sense of justice and humane-
ness than their white gentile
brothers." Malcolm X is quoted
as having said "Jews were dif-
ferent. I had known good ones.
I knew them, men and women,
and liked them."
Of the remaining 96 per cent
queried, Negroes who belong to
civil rights organizations were
found to be less anti-Semitic and
less anti-white than those who do
not.
The study was conducted in non-
Southern urban areas across the
nation with special samples taken
in New York City, Chicago, At-
lanta and Birmingham. When
analysis is completed, the series
of in-depth interviews with Ne-
groes will allow for a comprehen-
sive report of their attitudes
toward Jews, other whites, and
various problems and aspects of
American life.
"Protest and Prejudice" will be
the third volume of seven in the
University of -California project.
The first two were "Christian Be-
liefs and Anti-Semitism," and
"The Apathetic Majority." Those
to come are analyses of prejudice
in teen-agers, anti-Semitism and
political extremism, the extent
and location of current anti-
Semitic beliefs, and a summary.
The studies, developed and con-
ducted as independent works of
scientific research, were com-
missioned by the Anti-Defamation
League in 1961 to investigate the
enduring phenomenon of anti-
Semitism in order to find more
effective ways of combating it.
GM Denies Plans to Build Plant in Israel
General Motors told the Jewish
News Wednesday that reports the
company was intending to build a
plant in Israel were untrue.
The following statement is being
made to the press in Beirut by
F. J. Weisse, managing director
of the Foreign Distributors Divi-
sion of GM:
"It has come to our attention
that statements and reports have
appeared in the press of the Mid-
dle East to the effect that General
Motors intended to build an assem-
bly plant in Israel or intended to
participate financially in an assem-
bly plant project.
"Such statements and reports
have been given without consulta-
tion with us or authority from us
Golda Meir Reported
Canceling British Trip
and are without foundation. We firm has made a "concrete offer"
deny categorically that General to Israel to invest in a car assem-
Motors is or is intending to build bly plant in the country.)
or finance or invest in an assembly
plant in Israel."
The original JTA report from
London follows:
Arab governments would ban the
sale of General Motors cars in their
countries if reports that General
Motors was building an assembly
plant in Israel proved true, accord-
ing to the chief of the Arab Boy-
cott Bureau in Beirut.
The announcement, received
here Monday, said that the ques-
tion would be considered Oct. 26
at a conference in Kuwait, along
with similar charges against Ford
Motor Company and the Coca-Cola
Co.
HANK NEWMAN
(General Motors' Israeli agent
President
Leo Goldberg announced in Tel
Aviv last week that the Detroit
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