ABSTRACT
In dealing with racial minorities in the United States it is possible to measure the extent of discrimination in housing, employment, education, and related fields, by various statistical devices. The pattern of social discrimination against Jews in the United States is well-nigh universal. The social exclusion of Jews is important, not merely in the sense that it exposes their economic position and leads to political discrimination, but also in the sense that it intensifies the prejudice against them. On February 6, 1932, the Army and Navy Register contained an article pointing out why more Jews were not to be found in the armed services: The pay is poor, there is no profit in it, and, more, they might be called upon to die for the country of their adoption. Discrimination against Jews is likely to be most pronounced at the middle-class level because it is here that group competition is concentrated. Indeed, this is one of the peculiarities of anti-Semitism.
