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...Braun, who is far from anti-Semitic and is in fact a strong supporter of Israel, didn't even get a chance to defend herself. Numerous local columnists, writer Studs Terkel and Senator Paul Simon leapt to her defense, lambasting Williamson's tactics...
Comparing Willamson to a "punch-drunk prize fighter who has lost every round to a better opponent," Terkel said, "it's the last round and he hasn't a ghost of a chance of winning unless he hits foul punches...
BOOKS Studs Terkel, the tape recorder's best friend, deals with racism...
...same can be said for the growing class of undereducated white youth, a threatening prospect considering how cloudy and volatile are the thoughts and feelings Terkel assembles. This is understandable. Race itself is an irrational subject, which may be "the American obsession" but is not an American invention. The 3,000-year-old Rig-Veda tells of the Aryan god Indra's hatred for the black-skinned anasya. Han dynasty historians (right for the wrong reasons) believed yellow-haired, green-eyed people evolved from primates. The Babylonian Talmud attributes the blackness of Ham's descendants to Jehovah's curse...
More than an obsession, race and racism appear to be inseparable parts of a deep neurosis in the human psyche. In which case, the value of Terkel's latest book is not theatrical, sociological or historical but therapeutic -- a promising group session for a nation that loves to talk...