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It's important for people to understand that Judaism is a minority religion that has been historically persecuted. There is nothing wrong with working to prese
by hoka-one-one 5y ago
It's important for people to understand that Judaism is a minority religion that has been historically persecuted. There is nothing wrong with working to preserve the tradition and culture, and if it ends in a small amount of ethnic homogeneity then it has to be accepted as necessary, especially since "Jewish" is both a religion and an ethnicity, so in the current historical context failing to preserve Judaism means failing to preserve Jews.
Empowering BIPOC isn't about expecting all the same things. It's about giving BIPOC the resources they need for their ethnic and cultural self-determination.
- whimsicalism 5y agoHow does denying citizenship to minorities help preserve Jewish culture? I'm glad you've backed away from the "equal rights for all rhetoric" though. It's too bad Afrikaners didn't try harder to "preserve the traditional and culture" of minority rule in South Africa as well. Historical persecution doesn't justify enthnostates in my mind, I didn't realize this was a controversial opinion. e: Since you've now edited your comment to include the statement about "BIPOC", Jewishness is orthogonal to "BIPOC" and most Jewish people are white. I say that as someone of Sephardic descent.
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- cwkoss 5y ago> There is nothing wrong with working to preserve the tradition and culture, and if it ends in a small amount of ethnic homogeneity then it has to be accepted as necessary "a small amount of ethnic homogeneity" seems like a deliberate minimization. Israel is an apartheid state that has been persecuting based on ethnicity and religion for decades.