The Elders of Zion are at it Again

So today is the election in the U.S. As of this writing, I don’t know who will win, even though the polls seem to be predicting Barack Obama. Many people outside the U.S. seem to find the idea that we could elect a black person to be president surprising, as Nicholas Kristof reports in this article. Why is that? Well, Kristof writes:

“Remember that the one thing countless millions of people around the world “know” about the United States is that it is controlled by a cabal of white bankers and Jews who use police with fire hoses to repress blacks.”

I still remember when I lived in a country in Europe and was asked, in a very serious tone, “You’re Jewish, right? So is it true that Jews own and run America?” The person who asked me this genuinely wanted to know.

A century after the Protocols of the Elders of Zion, why do we still have to deal with these stereotypes and accusations?

--Curly