At least one admits they are not white and should not be classified as white.
Them claiming they are not white is why it's said.
What it says
I realize that with everything going on in the world, this is a small issue, but it’s bothered me for some time: Forms of all kinds often ask for a person’s race. I strongly support affirmative action for historically disadvantaged groups. I’m Jewish, a category almost always lumped with white. I’m fair-skinned and have an Anglicized last name, which my paternal grandfather adopted on his arrival in this country. In other words, I can easily “pass” as white and am unlikely to personally suffer any anti-Semitism. Nevertheless, I bristle at being considered or listing myself as white. My father did suffer from anti-Semitism as a young man, and I have relatives who perished in the Holocaust, some in concentration camps.
I do not believe Jews in the United States need affirmative action. It’s more of a moral question for me. I don’t identify as white. Why should I list myself that way? Name Withheld
Jews are a religion Semites designate people of mid-East decent.You can have Semite Christians, Hindus, all sorts of beliefs. Anti-Semitism implies bias against ALL people of the Mid-East. That is akin to saying someone is anti-Christian for not liking Mormons or Christian Scientists or distrusting Catholics and then using it as an excuse to hate Gingers. The term 'Anti-semite' is absurd. Its not 'Anti-White' just because you dont like or trust Mormons for example.
Now those of a Jewish background interestingly enough have a tendency to identify as Jewish even if they are not Jewish in religion.
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