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» Bill_Samuel - Welcome to the Suite! Welcome to the Suite. As the Quakerism editor, I certainly feel an affinity to your topic.Your readers intrigued by your references to Quakers might want to read Friends (Quakers) and Peace here at the Suite. -- posted by Bill_Samuel » KellyMaureen - Balance Between Hope and Despair Bill,Thank you for your welcome message. I am currently reading two books about the Quakers, For More than Bread and Quakers and Nazis, Inner Light in Outer Darkness. I would like to learn as much as possible about the Quakers and your links will help me with this. -- posted by KellyMaureen » biogardener - Same old story The more things change, the more they stay the same.In WWII, my father was persecuted for having a Jewish surname, something that he did not even know up to that point. When we came to Canada, I was harassed by some of my classmates for being German in a high school where 80% of the student population was of Jewish background. And here we had always been taught to believe that we were all human beings. And on top of that we had thought that being Jewish is a religion categorization whereas being German is not even a matter of politics but of language. And it encompasses all religious convictions. And this attitude is apparent in Winnipeg to this day. At various times, some Jewish people have instantly changed their attitude toward me when they happened to notice my maiden name. I can't say that I appreciate preferential treatment as a byproduct of a name which I did not work for but inherited. -- posted by biogardener » Bill_Samuel - Classifying people Law firms in the U.S. are generally either Jewish firms or gentile firms. When my oldest sister graduated from law school, the gentile firms wouldn't interview her because they assumed from her name she was Jewish. The Jewish firms weren't interested in her once they found out she was gentile. She's never worked as a lawyer. She has spent much of her life working against discrimination.-- posted by Bill_Samuel
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