When my friend jokingly takes something from me and it takes everything in me not to strangle her š¤©š¤© (this happens often)
So funny watching guys exercise because one arm is always doing better than the other
Yes, Iād be curious to hear other Ashkenazi views on this. Iāve heard a few Mizrahim say the opposite, they do *not* want to be called Arab, only Mizrahi, because it was the Arabs who pushed them out of their countries. Older Ashkenazim seem to be the same, but in a more āthey arenāt allowing me to be part of themā generational trauma way instead of an āIām too angry at themā generational trauma way (from what I can tell).
I was talking to my Holocaust studies teacher about this. When asked his ethnicity, her father will always say Jewish, never Polish, and will even say āNo, Iām Jewishā if someone ācorrectsā him and brings up Poland. She (my teacher) said itās really generational trauma. European citizens were suddenly told they werenāt European at all, only Jewish, and for some that stuck.
Still, Iām curious about what others think. I might be different because of my circumstances; my Jewish side comes from Russia, but that side has been in America for a long time (I think maybe my great-great-grandparents were born there, but it might even be farther back). My Polish (gentile) family members were in concentration camps and some were killed. So I guess I donāt have a strong āJewish specificā connection to Europe, just in general. But, again, I know antisemitism exists everywhere, and I still plan on spending the majority of my life in Israel (once i perfect my Hebrew).
I can only respond as an Ashkenazi, I donāt know how everyone else feels, but I disagree. I am a Zionist. I feel a strong cultural and religious connection to the homeland. I even plan on permanently living in Israel when Iām older. But Iām also European. My great-grandparents were born in Poland and Italy, and I feel a connection to those places. Additionally, I feel a strong connection to both Hebrew and Yiddish, and even as a Zionist I donāt think Yiddish should be āphased out.ā Itās a language of our European history and I like that.
I can only respond as an Ashkenazi, I donāt know how everyone else feels, but I disagree. I am a Zionist. I feel a strong cultural and religious connection to the homeland. I even plan on permanently living in Israel when Iām older. But Iām also European. My great-grandparents were born in Poland and Italy, and I feel a connection to those places. Additionally, I feel a strong connection to both Hebrew and Yiddish, and even as a Zionist I donāt think Yiddish should be āphased out.ā Itās a language of our European history and I like that.
Thatās oddly⦠specific
A school project, but one Iām quite proud of
Here I am again complaining about people who view ethnic, religious, and other minorities joining the police force as a betrayal and single them out for harassment.
We can clearly see that female officers, black officers, Latino officers, and Asian officers in the NYPD have significantly fewer complaints filed against them then their white male counterparts.
The NYPD is a flawed institution, but we have clear evidence that increasing diversity helps helps fix those flaws!
Even if your long term goal is to not have a police force at all, you should be able to prioritize immediate actual improvement in the system over theoretical revolutionary change.
These are really starting to look like YouTube titles lmao