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iemanja

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42. and they do

Tue Dec 27, 2022, 01:13 AM

Dec 2022

The tiki torch crowd was chanting "jews will not replace us" because they saw Jews as a racial/ethnic other. That race is culturally constructed doesn't make it any less real socially.

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Whoopi Goldberg Doubles Down on Holocaust Views ... In New Interview [View all] ripcord Dec 2022 OP

Jews get to call themselves "a race" partly because of their dedication to records. TigressDem Dec 2022 #1

Whoopi needs to "Shut Up" Enough ! Stuart G Dec 2022 #2

She needs to be further educated. TigressDem Dec 2022 #3

Kind of like saying Hitler didn't initially The Unmitigated Gall Dec 2022 #4

Whoopi needs to realize the Holocaust was not a spur of the moment whim. Very disappointed. marble falls Dec 2022 #8

What is interesting is that Whoopi thinks she knows it all...(about Jewish People) but knowing it... Stuart G Dec 2022 #5

Well she has a point, even though it's inelegantly stated FakeNoose Dec 2022 #6

So mixed races are what? I think at best your effort to make an elegant expaination of ... marble falls Dec 2022 #10

Mixed races have nothing to do with religion FakeNoose Dec 2022 #11

I know. How do you explain mixed race? One drop of black blood seems to mean someone ... marble falls Dec 2022 #13

Starting in 1980 the International Organization for Migration grantcart Dec 2022 #16

Best explanation yet, I ask good questions, but flub explanations. marble falls Dec 2022 #23

No, She is wrong and I lost a great deal of respect for her...she is minimizing murder of Demsrule86 Dec 2022 #36

Being Jewish is a lot more than choosing which "church" to go to iemanja Dec 2022 #41

Jewish people are Not a racial group any more than the Irish are. hedda_foil Dec 2022 #7

We are all one race. It is called Butterflylady Dec 2022 #9

That is a decidedly white perspective Tarc Dec 2022 #29

The social sciences are hard. old as dirt Dec 2022 #35

Race or Religion or both and/or descendants of those who considered themselves Jewish Tom Rinaldo Dec 2022 #12

Complicated. Genetically, Middle Eastern and Eastern European LeftInTX Dec 2022 #14

There are also African Jews. 95,000 Ethiopian Jews were moved grantcart Dec 2022 #17

Yes. But I was referring to Ashkenazi Jews and Hitler's BS. LeftInTX Dec 2022 #19

Interesting. grantcart Dec 2022 #21

The Jewish people are not a racial group (as some others have also posted). Red Pest Dec 2022 #15

Good post, you might be interested in #16 above. grantcart Dec 2022 #18

Excellent post! Thanks! NT Happy Hoosier Dec 2022 #27

Caryn Johnson MichMan Dec 2022 #20

My thoughts. Wish she'd said it as Caryn Johnson and eliminate any ideas question everything Dec 2022 #22

Looks like she isn't the only one 'slpanin. Behind the Aegis Dec 2022 #24

It's all very complicated and nuanced Sympthsical Dec 2022 #25

A lot of rich people think they know stuff, Mysterian Dec 2022 #26

It takes a lot of chutzpah to double down by repeating something that previously got you suspended MichMan Dec 2022 #28

Whoopi is in a hole, and needs to stop digging Tarc Dec 2022 #30

So, my ex-husband is 99% Ashkenazi Jewish Joinfortmill Dec 2022 #31

The Jews were particular targeted for being Jews...not because they were not Aryan. Demsrule86 Dec 2022 #37

Yes, I realize that. Joinfortmill Dec 2022 #39

This is one of those topics that you can't discuss on its merits w/o sounding like a creep Bucky Dec 2022 #32

Shortly after my wife first filled out her census... old as dirt Dec 2022 #33

Ha! Bucky Dec 2022 #34

Why is Whoopi Goldberg expounding on this issue? LuckyCharms Dec 2022 #38

Race doesn't actually exist until society makes it real. Oneironaut Dec 2022 #40

and they do iemanja Dec 2022 #42

Definitely! I would agree. Oneironaut Dec 2022 #45

Again, quite a white perspective there Tarc Dec 2022 #43

"Cultural and ethnic heritage" are complex, but, are loosely related to race. Oneironaut Dec 2022 #44