by Patrick Appel
Adam Serwer applies the House Slave/Field Slave analogy to liberal Jews:
Accusations of selling out should be reserved for those who actively work against the interests of the community–not those who simply disagree about what is in the group's best interest. Those who accuse Jewish liberals of "self-hatred" aren't offering insight. They most resemble what Glenn Loury calls those "self-appointed guardians of racial virtue" in the black community who enforce a dangerous and enervating form of "black political correctness." Like black partisans who accuse any conservative black intellectual of being a "sellout," the Juicebox Mafia's detractors are simply trying to shut down debate over Israel's actions, which is hardly in the long-term interest of Israel or the Jewish community in the Diaspora.
Ta-Nehisi chips in his two cents.
The Dish 