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In reply to the discussion: White DUers: Tell Your Stories [View all]MosheFeingold
(3,051 posts)I look stereo-typically Jewish. I also am Orthodox, so wear a yarmulke/kippah. Beard. Etc.
I am also "white" in the sense my skin is white, albeit on the swarthy side of white, like most persons of Mediterranean/Middle Eastern origin.
Across the course of my 90+ years on this Earth, I've experienced all sorts of issues, from all sorts of people.
Haters come in all colors.
We dealt with the Nazis as a young boy (although we manged to flee very early-on).
We dealt with Communists at the same time.
I dealt with Irish and Black and Italian gangs as a kid in various less-than-stellar neighborhoods in NYC (and they dealt with our gangs).
I dealt with an LBJ aide calling me a "fucking Kennedy kike" to my face.
I was referred to as the "the Jew" (not in an offensive way, believe it or not) working as a staffer in Congress. Used, as in "Go get the Jew to re-write this." More of an identifier than racist.
I've had in-numerous crazy black guys screaming at me in NYC that I was "not a real Jew". Some minor assaults. (This is how, BTW, I immediately was able to ID the perp in the recent attack of Hasidic men in NYC. Saying a Jewish person is not a "real Jew" is part of a goofy Replacement Theology religion with some prevalence among black supremacists.)
We actually had a real pogrom in Crown Heights in 1992. All I had were windows broken. (Google "Crown Heights Pogrom" if you do not recall.)
I recently (like within 10 years, I can't remember) had a Slurpee thrown on me by kids driving by in a car as I filled up my rental car near Hobby airport in Houston. They screamed "fucking Jooooo" as they drove by. At least the thrower was a black youth. No idea about the driver/other passengers. I flew to Washington DC soaked in red Slurpee.
I've gotten many a hard shoulder and spit on the ground in front of me in countless cities all around the world. By blacks and whites, but mainly recently pretty obvious Middle Easterners.
In Taiwan, back 20 years ago, I had an earnest young man ask me about the secrets of the Jews and our magical money skills. He wished to become Jewish so he could be rich. He was actually very nice. I tried to dissuade him, but I think all I did was frustrate him and make him think I did not want to share our "magic".
Etc.
Haters come in all races.