My pet theory is that we experience more persecution because what we are doesn't fit neatly into any simple taxonomy. It's a religion, a culture, a nationality,

My pet theory is that we experience more persecution because what we are doesn't fit neatly into any simple taxonomy. It's a religion, a culture, a nationality, and several ethnicities, and each of these aspects overlaps incompletely and in amorphous, confusing ways. I think this is because Jewishness predates the firm delineation of these categories. I don't think it's a coincidence that the Roma are also heavily persecuted. If you're a nationalist, anything that complicates the tidy relationship between the citizen and their country is bad, even benign things like having relatives in another country.