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Profile In Prejudice

Mrs. Elinor Roosevelt championed society's outcasts
Asians, widows, orphans, blacks -- all those downcast
   Yet as six million perished in World War Two
   She refused to speak up for a single Jew

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Andrea Dietrich

April 23, 2020 at 6:58 PM

wow, I had no idea. WELL, that does not set well with me!!!

Gershon Wolf

April 23, 2020 at 7:52 PM

And this was so unlike Mrs. Roosevelt, who championed every other minority in sight... It speaks, at least in part, to the deepy-ingrained anti-Semitism of WASPs in America prior to the 1970's really, when things really began to change fairly rapidly... Numerous things in the USA have surely changed for the better, lest we forget. Thanks for commenting and Cheers, Gershon

Mark Koplin

April 22, 2020 at 2:28 PM

This I did not know. How sad, great poem my friend.

Gershon Wolf

April 22, 2020 at 4:16 PM

She, along with FDR, shared a real revulsion in the presence of Jews. While this was common back then among blueblood WASPS, it was surprising in Elinor's case, as she championed the cause of the underdog and the outcast in America for more than 40 years. ~ gw

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