Commenting has been turned off for this post
⭠ Return to thread
Deborah's avatar

“Racism creates race: otherness and whiteness.”

And you know what else creates race, otherness, and whiteness?

DEI.

For example, I spent the first 30 years of my life never having to think about whether Jews are white, white passing, or people of color. I just knew that discriminating over ethnicity, national origin, or religion is wrong.

Then suddenly during the last two years, I had to realize that for a significant percentage of people it matters whether Jews are white or not. It matters because, allegedly, white people have been the baddies throughout history, therefore they don't deserve protection. I guess they have never heard of, for example, the Ottoman occupation of Europe that lasted hundreds of years, or the Mongolian invasions of Eastern Europe which was a real genocide.

Expand full comment