Uploaded August 2021 | Updated September 2026, 17 hours ago
Part 3 in my series on Jewish Identity. Today we'll try to figure out what race Jews are...! Eugh.
If you missed the introduction, you can find it here: youtu.be/fMx7qT7__GY
And you can find Part 2, on Jewish stereotypes, here:
youtu.be/0RvR-o6gK4Q
Patreon is here!: patreon.com/zyllas_athenaeum
Or for a one-time donation, feel free to buy me a Ko-fi: ko-fi.com/zyllablack
Follow me on Twitter @Zyllable
Zylla's Athenaeum theme by Daniel Raine and Nora Borealis of WholeTone Academy: wholetoneacademy.com
"Beregovski Patch Tants" by Alicia Svigals/Lauren Brody Klezmer Mash.
Additional sounds by ZapSplat.
Selected further reading and videos:
Washington Post on NA Jewish demographics: washingtonpost.com/nation/2021/05/20/few-american-jews-are-non-white-new-poll-shows-that-is-likely-change
The basics on Beta Israel aka Ethiopian Jews: en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Beta_Israel#History
Arab Jews and racism: thenation.com/article/world/israel-racism-mizrahis-palestinians
Rebecca Futo Kennedy on race and ethnicity in the ancient world: https://eidolon.pub/why-i-teach-about-race-and-ethnicity-in-the-classical-world-ade379722170
A brief history of the term "white" as a racial marker: scroll.in/article/850404/the-reality-of-race-the-term-white-people-was-invented-by-a-playwright-in-1613
Scientific racism, yo: en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Scientific_racism#Enlightenment_thinkers
Brando Markey on the shifting borders of whiteness: theundefeated.com/features/white-immigrants-werent-always-considered-white-and-acceptable
Michael Harriot on the shifting borders of whiteness: theroot.com/when-the-irish-weren-t-white-1793358754
American attitudes towards Jewish refugees during WWII: forward.com/news/breaking-news/325895/what-americans-had-to-say-about-jewish-war-refugees
FDR and anti-Semitism: latimes.com/opinion/la-xpm-2013-apr-07-la-oe-medoff-roosevelt-holocaust-20130407-story.html
A decent comparison between modern Islamophobic rhetoric and WWII anti-Semitic rhetoric: washingtonpost.com/news/worldviews/wp/2015/09/02/europes-current-anti-migrant-rhetoric-carries-echoes-of-1930s-anti-semitism
A Black Jewish family's perspective on inter-Judaic racism: reformjudaism.org/beliefs-practices/racial-equity-diversity-inclusion/questioning-identity
Contrapoints' video on Envy, including a solid discussion of the proximity effect and anti-Semitism: youtube.com/watch?v=aPhrTOg1RUk
Three Arrows on the origins of "cultural Marxism": youtube.com/watch?v=qlrpSpwxgWw
Khadija Mbowe on scientific racism: youtube.com/watch?v=xCRqvz0FmtA
Part 3 in my series on Jewish Identity. Today we'll try to figure out what race Jews are...! Eugh.
If you missed the introduction, you can find it here: youtu.be/fMx7qT7__GY
And you can find Part 2, on Jewish stereotypes, here:
youtu.be/0RvR-o6gK4Q
Patreon is here!: patreon.com/zyllas_athenaeum
Or for a one-time donation, feel free to buy me a Ko-fi: ko-fi.com/zyllablack
Follow me on Twitter @Zyllable
Zylla's Athenaeum theme by Daniel Raine and Nora Borealis of WholeTone Academy: wholetoneacademy.com
"Beregovski Patch Tants" by Alicia Svigals/Lauren Brody Klezmer Mash.
Additional sounds by ZapSplat.
Selected further reading and videos:
Washington Post on NA Jewish demographics: washingtonpost.com/nation/2021/05/20/few-american-jews-are-non-white-new-poll-shows-that-is-likely-change
The basics on Beta Israel aka Ethiopian Jews: en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Beta_Israel#History
Arab Jews and racism: thenation.com/article/world/israel-racism-mizrahis-palestinians
Rebecca Futo Kennedy on race and ethnicity in the ancient world: https://eidolon.pub/why-i-teach-about-race-and-ethnicity-in-the-classical-world-ade379722170
A brief history of the term "white" as a racial marker: scroll.in/article/850404/the-reality-of-race-the-term-white-people-was-invented-by-a-playwright-in-1613
Scientific racism, yo: en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Scientific_racism#Enlightenment_thinkers
Brando Markey on the shifting borders of whiteness: theundefeated.com/features/white-immigrants-werent-always-considered-white-and-acceptable
Michael Harriot on the shifting borders of whiteness: theroot.com/when-the-irish-weren-t-white-1793358754
American attitudes towards Jewish refugees during WWII: forward.com/news/breaking-news/325895/what-americans-had-to-say-about-jewish-war-refugees
FDR and anti-Semitism: latimes.com/opinion/la-xpm-2013-apr-07-la-oe-medoff-roosevelt-holocaust-20130407-story.html
A decent comparison between modern Islamophobic rhetoric and WWII anti-Semitic rhetoric: washingtonpost.com/news/worldviews/wp/2015/09/02/europes-current-anti-migrant-rhetoric-carries-echoes-of-1930s-anti-semitism
A Black Jewish family's perspective on inter-Judaic racism: reformjudaism.org/beliefs-practices/racial-equity-diversity-inclusion/questioning-identity
Contrapoints' video on Envy, including a solid discussion of the proximity effect and anti-Semitism: youtube.com/watch?v=aPhrTOg1RUk
Three Arrows on the origins of "cultural Marxism": youtube.com/watch?v=qlrpSpwxgWw
Khadija Mbowe on scientific racism: youtube.com/watch?v=xCRqvz0FmtA
