memestoanend@lemmy.world to memes@lemmy.world · 11 months agofriendly PSA: not all jews are whitelemmy.worldimagemessage-square92fedilinkarrow-up1378arrow-down151
arrow-up1327arrow-down1imagefriendly PSA: not all jews are whitelemmy.worldmemestoanend@lemmy.world to memes@lemmy.world · 11 months agomessage-square92fedilink
minus-squaresplicerslicer@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up7arrow-down1·edit-211 months agoBecause it’s both? Jews can be both semites (ethnicity) and followers of Judaism (religion). Not all Jewish people are both. To make things more confusing, not all Jews are zionists, and not all Israelis are zionists.
minus-squareoshu@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up4·11 months agoIt depends on how you define the word ethnicity. Look it up and it can mean any group that shares a common religion, custom, language, etc. Debating if something is a religion or an ethnicity is like debating if it is a Group or a Club or a population.
Because it’s both? Jews can be both semites (ethnicity) and followers of Judaism (religion). Not all Jewish people are both. To make things more confusing, not all Jews are zionists, and not all Israelis are zionists.
It depends on how you define the word ethnicity. Look it up and it can mean any group that shares a common religion, custom, language, etc.
Debating if something is a religion or an ethnicity is like debating if it is a Group or a Club or a population.