{"id":549496,"date":"2021-06-02T13:06:43","date_gmt":"2021-06-02T17:06:43","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=549496"},"modified":"2021-06-02T13:06:48","modified_gmt":"2021-06-02T17:06:48","slug":"if-i-were-a-jew-googles-diversity-head-compared-jews-to-nazis-in-2007-blog-post","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/if-i-were-a-jew-googles-diversity-head-compared-jews-to-nazis-in-2007-blog-post\/","title":{"rendered":"\u2018If I Were A Jew\u2019: Google\u2019s Diversity Head Compared Jews To Nazis In 2007 Blog Post"},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"float:left\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">32<\/div><span class=\"mashsb-sharetext\">SHARES<\/span><\/div><div class=\"mashsb-buttons\"><a class=\"mashicon-facebook mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.conservativenewsdaily.net%2Fbreaking-news%2Fif-i-were-a-jew-googles-diversity-head-compared-jews-to-nazis-in-2007-blog-post%2F\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Facebook<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-twitter mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?text=&amp;url=https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=549496&amp;via=ConservNewsDly\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Twitter<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-subscribe mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"#\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Subscribe<\/span><\/a><div class=\"onoffswitch2 mash-medium mashsb-noshadow\" style=\"display:none\"><\/div><\/div>\n            <\/div>\n                <div style=\"clear:both\"><\/div><\/aside>\n            <!-- Share buttons by mashshare.net - Version: 4.0.47--><div><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/06\/GettyImages-169761139-1200x800-1.jpg\" class=\"ff-og-image-inserted\"  style=\"display:none\"><\/div>\n<p><span>Kamau Bobb, according to his <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/www.kamaubobb.com\/about-1\"><span>website<\/span><\/a><span>, is the \u201cGlobal Lead for Diversity Strategy and Research at Google.\u201d Among several listed areas of focus, Bobb refers to an interest in \u201cthe structural conditions that influence contemporary American life.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span>Unfortunately, part of this \u201ccontemporary American life\u201d appears to include rampant and unapologetic anti-Semitism.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span>As reported by <a href=\"https:\/\/www.dailywire.com\/news\/jews-have-insatiable-appetite-for-war-and-killing-googles-head-of-diversity-in-2007\">The Daily Wire<\/a>, Bobb wrote a blog post in 2007 in which he stated Jews have an \u201cinsatiable appetite for war and killing,\u201d adding that Israel had an \u201cinsatiable appetite for vengeful violence.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span>The <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/www.kamaubobb.com\/hidden-blogs\/2007\/12\/if-i-were-a-jew\"><span>post<\/span><\/a><span>, titled \u201cIf I Were A Jew,\u201d was still available on his website as of Wednesday morning.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span>\u201cIf I were a\u00a0 Jew today, my sensibilities would be tormented.\u00a0 I would find it increasingly difficult to reconcile the long cycles of oppression that Jewish people have endured and the insatiable appetite for vengeful violence that Israel, my homeland, has now acquired,\u201d Bobb began.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span>Throughout the post, Bobb compared Kristallnacht to the actions of the Israeli military in Lebanon and Gaza. \u201cI don\u2019t know how I would reconcile that identity with the behavior of fundamentalist Jewish extremists or of Israel as a nation,\u201d he wrote, before adding, \u201cIt would be unconscionable to me to watch Israeli tanks donning the Star of David rumbling through Ramallah destroying buildings and breaking the glass.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n<p>He then proceeded to <span>dilute \u2014 as a hypothetical Jew \u2014 the Jewish claim to the land of Israel.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span>\u201cMy faith would lead me to believe that Israel is the homeland of my people,\u201d Bobb said. \u201cMy intellect would convince me that it cannot be that simple,\u201d he continued, before arguably justifying the terrorist actions of anti-Israel Islamic groups.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span>\u201cThe faith and reason of the Palestinians or of Muslims cannot simply be baseless.\u00a0 I would have to believe that the degree of animus, vengeance and violence that they now carry is not rooted in their identity, but rather in their experience; in the sordid nation shuffling and rebuilding that took place after World War II.\u00a0 It must be rooted in their hurt, in their sense of displacement, abandonment and hopelessness,\u201d he added.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span>\u201cMy reflections on Kristallnacht would lead me to feel that these are precisely the human sentiments that I as Jew would understand; that I ought to understand and feel compelled to help alleviate.\u00a0 It cannot be that the sum total of a history of suffering and slaughter places such a premium on my identity that I would be willing to damn others in defense of it,\u201d Bobb concluded. \u201cIf I were a Jew I would be concerned about my insatiable appetite for war and killing in defense of myself.\u00a0 Self defense is undoubtedly an instinct, but I would be afraid of my increasing insensitivity to the suffering others.\u00a0 My greatest torment would be that I\u2019ve misinterpreted the identity offered\u00a0 by my history and transposed spiritual and human compassion with self righteous impunity.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span>According to the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.holocaustremembrance.com\/resources\/working-definitions-charters\/working-definition-antisemitism\">International Holocaust Remembrance Alliance<\/a>, examples of anti-Semitism include \u201cAccusing Jews as a people of being responsible for real or imagined wrongdoing committed by a single Jewish person or group, or even for acts committed by non-Jews,\u201d \u201cHolding Jews collectively responsible for actions of the state of Israel,\u201d and \u201cDrawing comparisons of contemporary Israeli policy to that of the Nazis.\u201d Bobb is guilty of all three.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><b>Accusing Jews as a people of being responsible for real or imagined wrongdoing committed by a single Jewish person or group, or even for acts committed by non-Jews<\/b><\/p>\n<p><span>Bobb argued that Jews should \u201c<\/span><span>find it increasingly difficult to reconcile the long cycles of oppression that Jewish people have endured and the insatiable appetite for vengeful violence that Israel,\u201d their \u201chomeland,\u201d has \u201cnow acquired.\u201d This directly implies that Jews should feel responsible for the actions of Israel \u2014 which Bobb assumes to be abhorrent, with no mention of the terrorist acts committed against Israel \u2014 simply because of their shared religion.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><b>Holding Jews collectively responsible for actions of the state of Israel<\/b><\/p>\n<p><span>In a similar fashion, by arguing that Jews should be sympathetic and compassionate for the so-called \u201cvictims\u201d of Israel\u2019s actions, and expecting their \u201c<\/span><span>greatest torment [to] be that [they\u2019ve] misinterpreted the identity offered by [their] history and transposed spiritual and human compassion with self righteous impunity,\u201d Bobb is effectively blaming Jews for the actions of Israel.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><b>Drawing comparisons of contemporary Israeli policy to that of the Nazis<\/b><\/p>\n<p><span>This example of anti-Semitism is perhaps the most egregiously obvious, given that Bobb draws a parallel between Kristallnacht \u2014 while writing on the anniversary of the 1938 pogrom committed throughout Nazi Germany, no less \u2014 and \u201c<\/span><span>Israeli tanks donning the Star of David rumbling through Ramallah destroying buildings and breaking the glass.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span>***<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span>On November 30, 2007, Kamau Bobb was an outspoken and virulent anti-Semite. As of June 2, 2021, he is Google\u2019s head of diversity.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span>Yet again, Jews don\u2019t count when it comes to \u201cdiversity,\u201d it seems.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><i>Ian Haworth is an Editor and Writer for The Daily Wire. Follow him on Twitter at\u00a0<\/i><a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/ighaworth\"><i>@ighaworth<\/i><\/a><i>.<\/i><\/p>\n<p><i>The views expressed in this piece are the author\u2019s own and do not necessarily represent those of The Daily Wire.<\/i><\/p>\n<p><i>The Daily Wire is one of America\u2019s fastest-growing conservative media companies and counter-cultural outlets for news, opinion, and entertainment. Get inside access to The Daily Wire by becoming a<\/i>\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.dailywire.com\/subscribe\"><i>member<\/i><\/a><i>.<\/i><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Kamau Bobb, according to his website, is the \u201cGlobal Lead for Diversity Strategy and Research at Google.\u201d Among several listed areas of focus, Bobb refers to an interest in \u201cthe &#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":2278918,"comment_status":"close","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_mo_disable_npp":"","fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/06\/GettyImages-169761139-1200x800-1.jpg","fifu_image_alt":"\u2018If I Were A Jew\u2019: Google\u2019s Diversity Head Compared Jews To Nazis In 2007 Blog Post","footnotes":""},"categories":[],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-549496","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry"],"fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/06\/GettyImages-169761139-1200x800-1.jpg","fifu_image_alt":"\u2018If I Were A Jew\u2019: Google\u2019s Diversity Head Compared Jews To Nazis In 2007 Blog Post","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/549496","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=549496"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/549496\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/2278918"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=549496"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=549496"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=549496"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}