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TIL that his museum says that "Roald Dahl’s racism is undeniable and indelible" (sh.itjust.works)
submitted 3 months ago* (last edited 3 months ago) by Varyk@sh.itjust.works to c/til@lemmy.world
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This is the first I've heard of it, but here's one of his infamous quotes:

"There is a trait in the Jewish character that does provoke animosity, maybe it’s a kind of lack of generosity towards non-Jews.

I mean, there’s always a reason why anti-anything crops up anywhere; even a stinker like Hitler didn’t just pick on them for no reason.”

His other quotes tend to be condemnation about specifically Israeli zionism and barbaric murder, but i don't have context as to whether he's referring to palestine or not. Some people might have more sympathy for these statements these days, but a lot of his other quotes have to do with Jews controlling money and media, less defensible prejudice.

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[–] apfelwoiSchoppen@lemmy.world 22 points 3 months ago* (last edited 3 months ago) (2 children)

He doesn't need to be specifically referring Gaza when speaking about the large scale land theft and genocide of the Palestinian people perpetrated by the state of Israel. The region of Palestine was stolen, not just area that is Gaza.

Israel was created largely because powerful people in Europe wanted the Jewish people out of Europe. Its very foundations are antisemitic. These notions of a Jewish state in Palestine started to have widespread antisemitic support before WWII and immediately after WWI.

Dahl may have been the type of bigot to be antisemitic and against Zionism. They aren't directly linked hand in hand.

[–] Varyk@sh.itjust.works 5 points 3 months ago* (last edited 3 months ago) (1 children)

"He doesn't need to be specifically referring Gaza when speaking about the large scale land theft and genocide of the Palestinian people perpetrated by the state of Israel."

I doubt he was.

"Dahl may have been the type of bigot to be antisemitic and against Zionism. They aren't directly linked hand in hand."

Yes, those views are precisely his stated prejudices in the above quotes.

He doesn't seem to have linked those two instances directly or causally, each is a skewed reasoming for why he doesn't like jews in general, within or without Israel.

[–] apfelwoiSchoppen@lemmy.world 4 points 3 months ago (1 children)

Yeah I wrote that before you edited your post, you mentioned Gaza. All good in the hood my dude!

[–] Varyk@sh.itjust.works 1 points 3 months ago* (last edited 3 months ago)

Gooot it, no sweat.

Didn't want anyone else getting confused over gaza/Palestine, or me and Roald Dahl, haha.