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TIL that at age 17, in 1980, Jodie Foster already had a decent handle on why some in the US are so thick about the situation in Palestine

JODIE: The reason it has been difficult for the United States to understand the Palestinian side is not only because of the media but because colonialism is in our history. We can’t face the fact that colonialism is wrong and that it steps on a lot of toes and hurts a lot of people.

dhhyfddehhfyy4673 ,

It's more basic than that even. It's the fact that most people know fuck all about any history. Specifically here, there's more than a century's worth of history on Zionism (and colonialism is indeed relevant) that people know almost nothing about.

SteveFromMySpace ,

That take is based as fuck for 1980

aramis87 ,

Jodie Foster has an IQ of like 132, and graduated from Yale.

SatansMaggotyCumFart ,

She also caused the attempted assassination of a president.

ArbitraryValue ,

It’s funny because I have the opposite impression. Some Americans feel guilty after studying American history. (Why feel guilty? You’re not the ones responsible.) These Americans seek to absolve themselves of that perceived guilt by identifying something far away that matches the “white vs non white” pattern that they’re looking for, so that they can feel righteous by condemning it without actually having to change how they live their own lives.

mozz ,
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BOB: Well, when you have TIME magazine do a cover story on Palestinian rights you see that the perception of the problem is changing.

Any fuckin day now

would_be_appreciated ,

He’s referring to this cover from April 14, 1980: content.time.com/time/…/1101800414_400.jpgThe full article is here: time.com/archive/6857830/key-to-a-wider-peace/

It’s not hard-hitting journalism by any means, but it recognizes the idea that maybe not everybody loves the idea of Israel wiping out the Palestinians. That’s progress to some degree for US mass media 44 years ago.

someguy3 ,

It’s a generational thing. And religious thing too (which is also a generational thing).

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