Episode 18 - The problem with "whiteness" and how its unleashed all types or racisms | Rachel Shabi | UNAPOLOGETIC
Description
“Fighting racism in silos that was invented by racism doesn’t make any sense.”
Rachel Shabi is an author, journalist and commentator, and she has recently published her second book, Off-White: The Truth About Antisemitism.
Shabi joined us for a conversation about her book, the fate of Arab-Jewish identity, how Israel’s war on Gaza is polarising global society and how the racist logic that defined so many colonial crimes is still at play today, justifying war crimes in the last few decades.
Chapters
00:00 Intro
02:04 How significant is the war in Gaza
06:24 Why you chose to write Off-White and being an Iraqi Jew
12:30 How did 7th October impact Off-White
15:30 The wealth and loss of her Arab-Jewish identity
19:25 Arab-Jewish displacement from origin countries
27:30 Journey with Palestinian liberation
31:10 The Iraq war
36:20 The fakery of whiteness and origins of antisemitism
42:20 Haven't all empires weaponised racism?
47:54 How the US policy in the Middle East fuels antisemitic tropes
53:15 Why does racist bias self-perpetuate and its consequences
01:03:02 How can Jewish societies be safe
01:08:12 What will be the future of Israel-Palestine?
01:10:14 The single takeaway from your book, Off-White
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