The article was not well-written. Without reading more, you can get the impression Ellison was anti-semitic instead of being exposed to anti-semitism on the receiving end.
lived in an Irish Italian RC area...in NYC. the Italian Kids ranked out the Irish and vice versa. Had there been Jewish kids...they would have gotten their share. the only jewish people I knew owned the candy store and they liked me because I was their BEST comic book customer. other kids they told to buy it or get out...me, they knew I would read, then buy.
That’s the impression I got. Self hatred is not uncommon, after all.
I do have to wonder how much of what he perceived as anti-semitism in childhood was instead kids being their usual nasty selves and picking on anyone who was the slightest bit different.