"Jews need to be perfected"- ann coulter

Ann Coulter is known for getting herself into trouble when she opens her mouth, now she has really done it. While on “The Big Idea” with Donny Deutsch, Coulter was asked what her perfect world would look like and she said it would be like New York during the republican national convention. Then she said everyone should be Christians, knowing that Deutsch is Jewish and obviously offended him. Coulter goes on to say “Jews should be perfected”. After the commercial break, Coulter tries to explain herself and says “Christians are perfected Jews”. Coulter continually says that her statements aren’t offensive and she’s not filled with hate. The story is kind of old but I remembered it after I read “How Jews Became White”. I saw the story on the news or “The Daily Show” I don’t remember which but either way, it doesn’t matter.






I decide to search for the clip online and was able to find it on YouTube. After watching it again I knew it would be perfect for a media device, and I could relate it to “How Jews Became White”. We all know that the Jewish people have endured much discrimination but they have become part of what is considered the “white” race. I don’t think Ann Coulter would say they had been “perfected” yet but they were surely on their way. Coulter talks about religion and this article talks about race, in the article Jews are immigrants that become “white” and in many peoples minds “perfected”. Jews and other Europeans “got to be” white, when the census didn’t have a box for them. Brodkin says, they were “securely white by submersion in an expanded notion of whiteness” (43). Jews were then able to move up to middle class, making them even more white. Anti- Semitism falling from grace and the economic opportunities after the war, all helped the Jews to become white. There isn’t anything directly related to the Ann Coulter clip in this article but I felt that it correlated. In the article Jews became white and for most of the world during that time period that meant, that you were “perfect”. And Ann Coulter wants everyone to be Christian, and if we were all were the world would be perfect. It was more of the underlying components, the unspoken but thought of that connects these two items together.

Even though there was direct connection between the two I still felt strong enough that I could connect them. Overall though, I was completely and utterly appalled by Ann Coulter. As Donny Deutsch said, “you’re an educated woman, how could you think that?” I don’t know how anyone could say such a thing without the least bit of remorse, especially with someone who is Jewish right across from you. This behavior she was displaying reminded me of the time of slavery, that was the only time I can remember when people had such utter disrespect toward another person. There are still racism and discrimination issues going on in today’s world but I think Coulter’s was definitely the worst, as of late.