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[quote=Anonymous][quote=jsteele][quote=Anonymous]
Ok so that’s DuBois.

What about Carmichael? What about the Crown Heights riot?

Jews assimilating has been a survival tactic. When we make our religion clear, we get attacked. That’s not becoming the white man; that’s hiding for survival.[/quote]

I understand. Jews assimilate for various reasons, survival being one of them. But you are fixated on the reasons for assimilation while Baldwin was discussing the impact of assimilation and his community's perception of assimilated Jews.

I see forms of this same debate frequently on DCUM. Variations such as "Are Jews white?" or "Do Jews benefit from white privilege?" come up from time to time. I think this reflects a struggle between attempting to both assimilate and retain a separate identity. Many Jews end up with a foot in both camps. Being part of the dominate culture and apart from it at the same time. The same may well be true of other groups if we analyzed them enough.

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His community’s perception of assimilated Jews as being essentially white is simply wrong. On a per capita basis we are victims of hate crimes more than any other group. We may look white, but we are not treated as such in America.

You’re right that we straddle 2 worlds, like many minority groups. We are not white, though the fact that many of us can pass as white does give us some privilege, but it does not stop the above from being true.

I think the fact that Jews and Blacks are both oppressed minorities—albeit on different levels of intensity—is why the Councilwoman asked BLM to support anti-Semitism.

It would benefit all of us if we could make common cause with one another, rather than adopting what Baldwin was describing as his community’s views of Jews, or worse, saying what Carmichael did. [/quote]

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