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How about the US Census? Jewish people generally answer “white” on it.
by gbear605 8y ago
How about the US Census? Jewish people generally answer “white” on it.
- smsm42 8y agoWell, it's either this or "Other". It's not like a lot of Jews identify as Black, American Indian, Hispanic or Pacific Islander. Technically, Israel is in Asia so they could choose Asian, but I think they understand that's not what is meant here.
- jessaustin 8y agoVery few American Jews could trace their lineage back to Israel. 70 CE was a long time ago.
- smsm42 8y agoBelieve me, I know. This was not a serious proposition, it was a joke. Unfortunately, I made a critical error by not writing a disclaimer before it "JOKE IS TO FOLLOW" and not adding a footer "THE TEXT ABOVE WAS A JOKE" after it. Oy vey.
- AnimalMuppet 8y agoI'm not sure that peoples' answer to the race question on the census is 100% correlated with whether they will receive racism.
- dragonwriter 8y ago> How about the US Census? Jewish people generally answer “white” on it. So do most Hispanics, who are clearly outside of the sense of whiteness applicable in most common conversation contexts. To be fair, the census has a separate question to distinguish Hispanics, which allows their data to be used, on that point, in a way which accords with the common usage, where race and ethnicity are more of a blend cover than two orthogonal ones. And it didn't do that with Jewish identity. But these days it's not hard to find people who care intensely about white identity and see that they don't consider Jews part of the tribe.