Crime & Safety
Anti-Semitic Incidents On The Rise In Colorado In Recent Years
"What we're seeing is there's just been a normalization of hate that's been taking place in general, against all different types of people."
Eighty-five percent of Americans believe at least one anti-Jewish trope. That's the latest finding of the Anti-Defamation League, which made that finding in a recent survey. That number is significantly higher in the last few years; in 2019, the ADL found 61% of Americans believed at least one anti-Jewish trope. It's also the highest rate of belief in anti-Jewish tropes the ADL has found in decades.
"The trope measures the classic conspiracy theories that have been leveled against Jews for generations about power, control, greed," said Scott Levin, Regional Director of ADL Mountain States Region in an interview with CBS News Colorado.
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