For How Soccer Explains the World Course

1. Close Reading/SIICQ! Reading--
Summarize, Identify, Illustrate, Connect, Question
By: WTR, GCE Chicago High School, 2012
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2. “It is possible to argue that these nicknames are compliments, a tribute to the
bravery and fighting spirit of the Native Americans. And isn’t obeisance a better
way to treat the aborigines than slaughtering them?”
Obeisance: A gesture expressing deferential respect, such as a bow or curtsy.

3. The common use of cartooning and mascots is similar to how people interpret Jews and
other cultures.
In the United states, we create these personas to represent a bizarre ego within our culture.
The Cleveland Indians mascot was argued to be a form of offence in ways that shows
American culture through a conquer of a culture in our history.

5. The reason is not anti-Semitism nor even anti-Zionism in the usual sense. It is
that Israel is, and is proud to be, a nation-state—the nation-state of the Jews. And that is
profoundly embarrassing to post-national Europe.”
Anti-Zionism: The disbelief that Jews should have their own nation; Jewish nationalism.

6. Summary
The Jews are often viewed in an offensive manor when it comes to European
involvement. In soccer they were often the target of offence when Jews show any
victorious aftermath. They were seen to be offensive to Europe when they show
patriotism from their Israeli country.

7. Jew’s Favorite Sport

8. “It recoiled against the horrific deeds that it had committed—and it has swung into a
militant opposition to racialism, militarism, and nationalism. Ironically, this political
correctness has made it irrationally uncomfortable with Israel’s unapologetic defense of
Jewish nationhood and insistence on military response to terrorism.”
Militant: “Vigorously active and aggressive, especially in support of a cause.”
Racialism: “The practice of the belief that races have distinctive cultural characteristics
determined by hereditary factors and that this endows some races with an intrinsic
superiority over others .”
Militarism: “a strong military spirit or policy.”

9. Many countries appose to certain religions within the same country and often lash
out into forms of racism, military action, and nationalism. People in these separated
groups want to stand for a very particular identity and their defense of such is expressed
in radial behaviors.

10. The Swastika and the Scimitar
http://www.sullivan-county.com/wcva/goldberg1.htm

11. “The management of MTK won’t officially admit it, but its supporters will: The
reason it has so few fans and so many enemies is because it is a Jewish club. That is to
say, MTK was founded by downtown Jewish businessmen in 1888, and in the early
twentieth century the team consisted largely of Jewish players.”
Management of MTK: Magyar Testgyakorlok Kore ; a Hungarian athletic cub
consisting of Jews and is termed an anti-semitic Jewish club.

12. In anti-semitic areas, they protest the connection to Jewish culture and
nationality. In certain cultures were there is Jewish presence, whether anti-semitic, they
will be deemed by that culture. Therefore organizations of anti-semitic origin will still
show a powerful Jewish presence; such as the MTK athletic club.

13. Revolt of the Plebs: http://revoltoftheplebs.weebly.com/#/

14. Although I am not Jewish, I can connect to these types of protests based on a religious
influence because I have witnessed many other anti beliefs stemmed from a religious
culture. Such as Christian protest against the gay culture.
These Jewish anti-semitic and Zionism is linked to much of past Nazism and how those
beliefs are still previlent in other religions and countries.

15. This section in Foer’s book addresses serious issues between belief systems and cultures.
These cultural differences show connections to protest and alienation.
What makes these religious beliefs so intensely protested against when it comes to
protecting general ideas about life?