If you are the member of a privileged group AND call yourself progressive

[Cary]

153. I am Jewish.

My father grew up within a half a mile of a sign that read, in big bold letters, NO JEWS ALLOWED.

He had a real hard time finding a job after getting out of the Army. He served in the Korean War. He finally found a job with Remington Rand and he was able to work and finish college. It turned out he was successful but he was definitely discriminated against. He was able to put me through both college and law school.

Schools used to have Jewish quotas. Jews excel in academics for some reason so we have been misrepresented, in a positive way, in academia. A couple of extremely wealthy Jewish families here in Chicago approached the 2 most prominent universities and informed them that they could have extraordinarily large gifts if they would kindly remove their Jewish quotas, and so it went.

I, personally, have benefited from being Jewish. I have been hired specifically because I have a map of Jerusalem on my face but I'm sure I have been rejected for the same reason. I have definitely had people try to pick on me because of my ethnicity, once. They didn't make that mistake twice.

But even with this "privilege" everything I have, I can honestly say, is earned with my own sweat and blood.

Am I "privileged?" You bet I am.

And I also have encountered anti-Semitism that is directly related to the success of the Jewish community, generally.

I have a lot of problems with your opening post. I find it condescending and highly insulting. I do what I do because I believe it's right. One of my core values is to try my best to not be judgmental, as no one has a right to judge others. I find your opening post to be severely judgmental and prejudicial. It seems to me that rather than addressing your own issues here you are projecting.