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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]I’m not sure what this point of view serves, except for Jewish people to be able to claim “racism” when faced with prejudice.  But it’s both wrong and not necessary.  You CAN be Jewish and any racial/ethnic group.  You can also fully make it argument that it’s wrong to be prejudiced against someone on the basis of religion/culture.  It’s not a contest.[/quote]

You’re an idiot. It’s not an opinion or a contest; it’s a FACT.

Judaism is a religion and an ethnicity.

You can be ethnically, but not religiously, Jewish. Or you can be religiously but not ethnically Jewish. Or you can be both.[/quote]

So Op, your entire argument is to childishly stomp your feet and repeatedly scream that your point of view is a FACT and call names.  Fact is, those of us who are racially a minority do not have the privilege you have of converting to Christianity or what have to in order to avoid discrimination, as many Jews have (unfortunately had to) do in the past.  We don’t have the freakin’ privilege of walking into work and deciding that we’re WASPs today or conveniently leaving our skin color and facial features off of job applications and mingling, to whatever extent it’s successful for those who can.  It’s insulting, and like I said, unnecessary.[/quote]

Good point, but I don't entirely agree.  I can't change anything about anti-Semitism regardless of the fact that my DS can chose or not chose to identify as Jewish.  No matter what I do, I still have to explain why Safta's relatives didn't make it out of Poland.  Also, for Jewish people who ARE religious or culturally Jewish, it's not as simple as saying they can check their Jewish identity at the door.  To Jews who identify strongly as Jews, that would be horrific.  It's technically possible to "pass," but they would not want to.  [/quote]

We don't disagree.  I am not saying at all that Jews want to pass as WASP or that every one of them can.  We're discussing the distinctions between "racism" and "anti-semitism."  One is not the other.  There are overlaps and similarities, and my god, not a contest.[/quote]

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