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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]PP, I can’t stand Trump or the Kushners, but your question is inane and offensive.  There is no “word on the street” as to what Jews think of them.  Because Jews are, you know, people.  With a diverse range of perspectives.  [/quote]

Yes, but that's why in this country we have the Jewish vote, white vote, ....   [/quote]

Just curious.  Are you saying most Jews don't identify as white?[/quote]

I think most white Jews do (Black, Latino/a and Asian Jews also exist).  White Jews recognize that we enjoy White privilege in the US, but we remember that we're not always considered white by everybody.  My rabbi in college who was from Germany remembered seeing the boots of the Nazis who came to arrest his dad from where he (rabbi) was hiding under the bed.  I've never experienced much anti-Semitism, but I've experienced it a few times totally out of the blue -- like at a big work dinner when a guy senior to me suddenly started loudly ranting about Jews being greedy and clannish, and a bunch of people seemed to agree with him.  Or the parent of a high school friend who didn't think it was right that I "dated white women."  Of course, this is NOTHING compared to what many POC experience on a daily basis.[/quote]

This is a really tough subject. I'm 50% Ashkenazi and a smattering of other things (mostly Asian).

It's my firm opinion that Ashekanzi Jews (which comprise about 10 million of the 14 million Jews in the world) are white passing. Why? Well, because we aren't part of European Christendom. When you really think about what people talk about when they discuss "white people," they really mean those of European Christian background. Of course, Sephardic Jews are often not even white passing, and then you have Jews of other backgrounds (African Jews, Asian Jews, etc.).

Now, since we are white passing, we have privilege based on that. However, like the PP said above, we also suffer a ton of discrimination. It's just more complicated than simply saying "Jews are white people." [/quote]

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