They most resemble what Glenn Loury calls those “self-appointed guardians of racial virtue” in the black community who enforce a dangerous and enervating form of “black political correctness.” Like black partisans who accuse any conservative black intellectual of being a sellout, the Juicebox Mafia’s detractors are simply trying to shut down debate over Israel’s actions, which is hardly in the long-term interest of Israel or the Jewish community in the Diaspora. Those who accuse Jewish liberals of self-hatred aren’t offering insight. Juicebox Mafia ran out of boxes before poor Ron Fourier could enjoy one of his own. Accusations of selling out should be reserved for those who actively work against the interests of the community-not those who simply disagree about what is in the group’s best interest. The Juicebox Mafia, of course, is the dismissive term assigned to the Beltway clique of twenty- and thirtysomething journalists known for their love of President Obama, their hatred of conservatives, their opposition to the war on terror, their quasi-religious faith in social science, and, above all, their earnestness. the way your little Ripe chef wants with choice of two toppings with juice box and bag of chips. 'Juicebox Mafia' in which self-styled 'intellectuals' of Jewish lineage actually feel it is 'intelligent' to call for a world in which it is easier for Arabs and other Islamic or not-so-Islamic groups to kill Jews wholesale. These Jewish conservatives are, ironically enough, embracing the same kind of bare-knuckle identity politics as the blacks they love to hate.Īs Randall Kennedy writes in his 2008 book Sellout, there should be a high threshold for accusations of racial betrayal. In the eyes of those who support all of Israel’s actions uncritically, the “Juicebox Mafia” are “House Jews”: Jews whose positions on Israel are motivated by their internalizing long-standing anti-Semitic myths and identifying with those who seek to oppress the Jewish people. Over at The Root, Adam Serwer wonders whether Jewish enforcers of pro-Israel conformity resemble a little too much the black radicals who drove their ideological forebears rightward back in the crazy ol’ 60s: Peretz and Pollak, in particular, whine about the refusal of what they call the Juicebox Mafiameaning Matt Yglesias, Ezra Klein and Spencer Ackermanto toe the official Israeli line on the.
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