In another act of continued inequality propaganda Pamela Gellar released an ad imploring Americans “In any war between the civilized man and the savage, support the civilized man. Support Israel, defeat Jihad”. This is a tactic that has been used for hundreds of years to breed inequality. It relies on the mantra that if someone is different than you, or if their cultures or practices, religious or otherwise are different than yours, then they are savages. It is ethnocentrism and racism in every respect. Activists have been out in full force "vandalizing" the ads and replacing them with signs that say “In any war between the colonizer and the colonized, support the oppressed. Support the Palestinian Right of Return, defeat racism.”. This new ad campaign by Gellar brings to mind the colonization of America, and the mindset of Native American's as savages. Let's not forget to mention the colonization of India, and Hong Kong, and South Africa.
Most people thought we were done with this idea of people of color or different religions being savages, but Gellar brings to the spotlight that ignorance continues to breed regardless of however much education and tolerance is available.
These ads came into print and into national/global view after the riots began in reaction to the "Innocence of Muslims" video on youtube, and after Obama's refusal to side with Israel's prime minister on an issue of sending troops in order to "control" the Palestinian people." It seems one wave of blatant racism after another is going to continue, and let's not even begin to wonder what America is going to come to if Mitt Romney gets elected.
http://mondoweiss.net/2012/09/gellers-savage-ad-displays-the-racism-inherent-in-israeli-colonization.html
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