#my brother works in tech support and the jewish ladies who come in for help
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#judaism and whiteness are not entirely clean cut#i certainly benefit from white privilege. many jews who lived in america before wwii benefited from the gi bill in a way black people didnt#(my family didn't live here before wwii but that's an example)#i am functionally white in the usa - in the eyes of the average american.#but to those to whom whiteness matters? i am not white to them.#and simultaneously there is a pressure on the left to paint jews as the epitome of whiteness#despite the fact whiteness is a power structure which at its 'truest' - excludes us#so we're left a little bit stranded. schrodingers cat of identity. via @emmynoethers
Yeah, this sums it up pretty well. Whether or not Jews count as white to someone (who likely ignores jewish poc unless it's to tokenize them) is based entirely on what benefits them and their argument. Schrodinger's white person lmao
i never wanna hear goyim talk abt jewish origin, ethnicity, etc ever again none of you know how to behave
#personally i consider myself white for demographic questions#bc that's how my family is ~generally~ perceived#before. the jewishness is revealed.#then it's all up in the air#but from my experience we're outwardly p... ethnically ambiguous if that makes sense#like ppl have told me that they expected me to speak spanish (they perceived me as being latina/south american)#the funny thing is that other jews can spot us almost immediately#my brother works in tech support and the jewish ladies who come in for help#somehow always know he's also jewish#we occupy a very very strange place in the typical... 'idea'? 'paradigm'? ppl have of race#what are we? whatever you want us to be.#if ur uncomfortable w me sharing the tags or want me to delete this rb btw please tell me#i just liked your tags a lot
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