Bernie is Jewish. Please don't minimize his minority status by calling him "another white person"

[frazzled]

78. I'm Jewish, too

But whenever I have to check one of those boxes to say what race I am, I end up checking "white" ... I guess, by default, because I'm not Asian/Pacific Islander, African American, Hispanic, or Native American. It's just the way it goes. If someone looked at me, they'd say I'm "white."

Like Bernie, I am no longer very much "religiously" Jewish, though I identify as culturally Jewish.

In the end, however, I have to say I haven't heard people saying that Bernie Sanders is just another white guy. Are we just creating another straw man here?

Can we please stick to policy, please? Being Jewish isn't really a factor. Just as Kennedy did not want his Catholicism to be an issue, I don't think we should consider Bernie Sander's being culturally Jewish a factor much either: being Jewish really doesn't have anything to do with the economic and social issues of our nation. Remember, Joe Lieberman was Jewish, too. How did that work out for you?

(Being a woman may have some more direct linkage to policy, given that issues regarding women's rights are in the forefront of current social policy, and are under attack.)