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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Despite how offsetting this troll poster may be, I'm trying to keep a level head about this.

The way that I see it US Jews are both the beneficiaries and victims of their own success in this country (and worldwide). At only 2% of the population, they are overrepresented in nearly every sphere and had made themselves a political, professional and economic force to be reckoned with. That same success has made them very visible scapegoats for certain groups and only added fuel to antisemetic tropes regarding Jews that we hear so much.

While Jews are largely white and may seemingly rub shoulder to shoulder with the privileged sect they still do not enjoy the same levels of security that Anglo whites do. Jewish Americans worry about their safety and security at their places of worship. They are scared to send their kids to schools. And they live in constant fear that their history will repeat itself. All valid fears.

If history has taught us anything, though, it is that the masses do not rally behind those who are perceived as wealthy and privileged.

So Jewish Americans are in a difficult spot. They are not economically or educationally disadvantaged like other ethnic groups but do fear persecution. The "ask" for Jews is much harder in that there are no concrete educational funds to donate to, groups to create scholarships or hiring programs, jobs training, etc. For Jews, the request is only that people don't terrorize them. While a simple one, it's a difficult conversation because they're not asking for donations or volunteers - just education.

All that said, for other minorities it is hard to swallow the line about being the "most persecuted minority" - particularly when your group is suffering so much now. I mean, when your family members are unemployed, shot, lacking education, or in need of health care, you don't care about what happened to another group 100 or more years ago. You care about today.

I don't know what the answer is. I do know that Jews are the most philanthropic group in America today. I think I saw that 67% of Jews donate actively to non-profits. What that tells me is that most US Jews are quite aware of the suffering of others and do actively contribute to other causes. Just putting that out there in case anything on this board would lead anyone to believe otherwise. [/quote]

And we continue to suffer from the majority of anti-religious hate crimes.

Many posters on this thread seem to want to ignore this fact. [/quote]

No.

Many posters want to give Asians a voice to be heard since hate crimes against them are rising quickly. Especially since there was a horrific shooting that happened just last week. Maybe you missed that shooting in your desperate attempt to switch the convo to yourself.[/quote]

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