“I mean, like a lot of kids growing up in the early seventies, I was fed Dr. Kissinger with my Fruit Loops. He was the Dr. Ruth of American foreign policy, and the model statesman.” MeanKidsGrowing UpGrowingPolicyModelsFruitFedsForeign PolicyDrsSeventiesStatesmenLoopsRuthKids Growing UpAmerican Foreign PolicyKissinger Author:Eugene Jarecki
“It was natural to see the struggle for dignity for black people in America as a sister struggle of the Jewish struggle. So growing up, it was always a part of my breakfast cereal to think of myself as someone who was part of a larger struggle.” PeopleThinkingAmericaBlackNaturalStruggleGrowing UpGrowingDignityBreakfastBlack PeopleCerealBreakfast Cereal Author:Eugene Jarecki
“As I was growing up, you know, I'm a white Jewish American born to Holocaust parents. My father fled Nazi Germany in 1939 and my mother's family had fled the czars of Russia before that.” KnowsMotherFatherParentBornWhiteGrowing UpGrowingRussiaGermanyHolocaustNaziNazi GermanyCzars Author:Eugene Jarecki