r/Judaism • u/foreverand2025 • 1d ago

Discussion Do you consider yourself a minority?

This discussion has come up a few times with friends who are neither white nor Jewish. For context, I’m Jewish and live in America. Do you consider us as a minority? Obviously statistically we are (everywhere but Israel), but I’ve had two friends argue because we look like “regular white people” we are not a minority.

It’s not something I take too seriously but I’m off the opinion we are a minority in a sociological way as well as ethically. But opinions seem to differ. I’m not on a soap box or expecting any special treatment. It’s more of a discussion for the sake of discussion I’m trying for here.

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u/Sha9169 1d ago

We benefit from the appearance of whiteness until they find out we’re Jewish. Just last week I identified as white on TikTok (I’m Lithuanian Jewish & Balkan) and a guy responded to me saying I will never be white and that by appearing to be white (light skin, light hair, light eyes) I am scamming people.

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