{"id":5581,"date":"2021-11-01T11:14:02","date_gmt":"2021-11-01T09:14:02","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/themarkaz.org\/oldsite\/?p=5581"},"modified":"2023-02-20T10:12:21","modified_gmt":"2023-02-20T08:12:21","slug":"victims-of-discrimination-never-forget-in-the-forgotten-ones","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/themarkaz.org\/oldsite\/victims-of-discrimination-never-forget-in-the-forgotten-ones\/","title":{"rendered":"Victims of Discrimination Never Forget in The Forgotten Ones<\/em>"},"content":{"rendered":"
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Photo from Mizrahim<\/em>, les oubli\u00e9s de la Terre Promise<\/em>\/The Forgotten Ones<\/em>, France\/Israel, 2021, 133 minutes. Directed by Michale Boganim.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

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TMR reviews a film on discrimination in Israel and the original Jews of the Middle East and North Africa. The Forgotten Ones<\/em> screened in October\u2019s annual CINEMED<\/a> festival in Montpellier and screens in the DOC NYC Fest on 11\/09 (press screening), 11\/14 and 11\/15. More info<\/a>.<\/p>\n

Jordan Elgrably<\/h4>\n

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You would think, logically, that people who have endured racial bias, xenophobia and persecution would be less likely to themselves become racists, just as you might expect that adults who were abused as children would not become abusers. But alas, logic plays a debatable role in the discussion of both racism and child abuse.<\/p>\n

It has been estimated that 30% to 40% of people who are abused as children<\/a> go on to become abusers themselves. And according to a study by the UK\u2019s Office of National Statistics<\/a>, up to 51% of adults who were abused as children experience or perpetrate abuse later in life.<\/p>\n

While I\u2019ve found no studies that reflect the percentage of racist behavior by those who have experienced racial bias themselves, it is clear that being the victims of racism has far more profound effects on a group of people than many of us perhaps realize. For instance, an Emory School of Medicine<\/a> study found that brain scans of Black women who experience racism show\u00a0trauma-like\u00a0effects, putting them at higher risk for future health\u00a0problems.<\/p>\n

Recently, Israeli-French filmmaker Michale Boganim asked herself whether the historic Ashkenazi Jewish discrimination in Israel against Jews from Arab\/Muslim lands continued to plague the country. But when Israelis assured Boganim that anti-Mizrahi bias was a thing of the past, she decided to go explore the truth for herself. The result is her third feature-length film, Les Mizrahim, les oubli\u00e9s de la Terre Promise<\/em>, or in English, The Forgotten Ones<\/em>.<\/p>\n