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"I literally saw you steal those children's books from the library" vs "those books have been mine for thousands of years actually" (hexbear.net)

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[-] DanComrd@hexbear.net 3 points 9 months ago

That's not my intention. My main issue with that comment is that Jewish can't be both a religion and an ethnicity. Thats the same vibe as Muslims is a faith and an ethnicity. I cannot just look at someone random and say they are Muslim or Jewish.

Honestly I maybe terribly wrong on this and I do appreciate everyone in this thread being chill. My main point is that I don't believe in looking at someone and immediately telling where they are from.

[-] renatadeux@hexbear.net 3 points 9 months ago

the various Hindu religions, or Shinto. Do you have the same issue? The largest Jewish population groups share considerable heritage.Islam generally is a universalizing religion, like Christianity. Both predominate in certain quarters but actively seek converts unlike ethnic religions. Judaism does not actively seek converts but it does accept them depending on the tradition. none of this is inconsistent with a Jewish ethnic identity parallel to but not synonymous with Jewish religion.

[-] DanComrd@hexbear.net 1 points 9 months ago

I don't have an issue with it but I don't want to generalise a type of person based on their religion. As you asked if someone is following Hinduism, I wouldn't immediately think of someone from the Indian subcontinent same as someone who is Muslim or Christian or Jewish.

I do recognise that some religions have more predominant ethnic followers and they are from specific regions of the world, but it's not always the case I don't think.

[-] Antiwork@hexbear.net 3 points 9 months ago

Well you just shouldn't do that anyway. But many Jewish people today are reformist and non-practicing. Meaning their ethnicity is what makes them Jewish. You don't have to assume anyone's ethnicity.