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Following the expulsion of Jews from Israel by the Roman's, Jews spent ~2000 years as smaller communities in Europe, never quite integrating. It seems a sad ten

• MontrealRaised 5y ago
  Just integrate, problem solved. People anywhere do things they do because they want it that way. If you keep to be different then this offends the locals. They are tolerant and give you time [to integrate], but expect also progress from the newcomer's side.
  • gordon_gee1 5y ago
    That didnt work in the slightest with the jewish community in europe, they were identified and forced into specific areas of cities or countryside. Unless by integrate you meant they should have just converted to christianity? Those that were in more liberal communities and integrated were identified and hunted regardless.
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  • X6S1x6Okd1st 5y ago
    Other examples where "Just integrate, problem solved." is extremely offensive. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jim_Crow_laws https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jim_Crow_laws https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Apartheid https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Apartheid https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Canadian_Indian_residential_school_system https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Canadian_Indian_residential_sc... Not to mention that "just integrate" might mean abandoning your faith, language, customs, way of life etc. Especially for Jews in Europe that would have meant abandoning their faith at a minimum.
  • TKWasRight 5y ago
    If I was dumped 109 times I'd eventually start to wonder if maybe it was, at least partially, my fault...