[Foundation-l] Racism in Commons

[Mark Williamson]

Okay, but how is that racist? My mother is Jewish so that means I am
as well, although I am non-practicing, and I don't see how any of
those images are racist.

Racist images of Jews often involve, in my experience:

- Exaggerated noses
- Clutching money in their hands
- An evil grin

...this type of thing. Those images on that page are certainly
offensive, but I would not say they are racist. None of them
criticizes him for being white, or Jewish, or even Israeli. The point
made in all of them relates to his political career.

What you are suggesting is like if I were to say that a cartoon of
George Bush laughing about Iraq with a swastika on his chest was
racist. It certainly isn't, although it is certainly offensive to
many.

Please be careful with words like racism, they are loaded terms and
should not be used unless they for sure apply.

Mark

On 05/03/2008, Yoni Weiden <yonidebest at gmail.com> wrote:
> We are not asking to remove the images from Commons, but to remove them from
>  such galleries. How can we refer our readers to "Pictures of Ariel Sharon"
>  when such pictures are displayed in the page?
>
>  We are not talking of Ariel Sharon's images only, this is only an example.
>  Also, this regards racist pictures of all nations, not only Jewish.
>
>  Furthermore, the boycott refers to the galleries themselves, not ALL
>  pictures of Commons. That would just be impractical. Are you familiar with
>  the {{Commons}} template? That link will be removed from all articles that
>  include racist pictures.
>
>
>
>  2008/3/5, Nathan <nawrich at gmail.com>:
>
>
> > And... its one person, and the Muhammad petition is to remove the images
>  > from the English Wikipedia article on Muhammad, not Commons. There also is
>  > no religious background in Judaism to suggest depicting Ariel Sharon is
>  > generally prohibited. So, its not that close.
>  >
>  > On Wed, Mar 5, 2008 at 3:17 PM, James Hare <messedrocker at gmail.com> wrote:
>  >
>  > > This reeks of the petition to remove the pictures of Muhammad from
>  > > Commons,
>  > > except now with another ethnic group/religion offended.
>  > >
>  > >
>  > >
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