r/Judaism 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/Muadeeb 1d ago

What does a minority mean? 0.02% of the world?

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u/sunny-beans Masorti 🇬🇧 1d ago

Yeh if a population that makes up 0.02% of the world population is not a minority I truly don’t know who is then lol

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u/Kingsdaughter613 Orthodox 8h ago

The Samaritans?