(Jewish Group) Can We Finally Admit That Jews Can Be Both White And Oppressed?
(THIS IS THE JEWISH GROUP! RESPECT!!)
The discussion over whether or not European Jews are white is like the herpes of Jewish thought spaces. No one enjoys it. It makes your skin itch and crawl. And it keeps popping up out of nowhere.
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I did this because in social justice-focused spaces, Jews have been gaslit about the gravity of anti-Semitism. Were not taken seriously and neither is our oppression. Whenever we speak out against the prejudice we face, were told we are privileged whiners who are in a conspiracy to ruin whatever system is abusing us. And when we are attacked with Jew-hatred, anti-Semitic tropes are weaponized against us to silence our complaints.
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Many white-skinned Jews insist on being recognized as people of color because when you say youre under attack for being a Jew, its often not enough to warrant protection. All across the spectrum, non-Jewish people feel they have the right to tell us what is anti-Semitic. They tell us we have no license to complain. They claim to be more qualified on the subject of what is anti-Semitic and what isnt than the people who are harmed by it. This tactic revictimizes us regularly.
We need to directly combat that. What we dont need to do it conflate our oppression with that of people of color in the hopes that then we will be perceived as the marginalized group we are, rather than just whining white people.
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Anti-Semitism one of the most violently putrid forms of prejudice out there. We need to stand in that. We need to stand in the unique seriousness of Jewish bloodshed. We need to stand up for ourselves as ourselves. Homophobia and anti-Semitism have comparable traits, but I dont see any heterosexual Jewish people declaring to be non-straight because of that.
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Is this rhetorical? I certainly have no issue with it, but there are way too many who
do seem to have a problem admitting Jews are oppressed (or victims of bigotry), including other Jews!