Democratic presidential candidate Robert F. Kennedy Jr. denied allegations of racism and anti-Semitism Saturday after he reportedly suggested Covid-19 could have been genetically engineered to reduce risks to Ashkenazi Jews and Chinese people.
Oh, so the artist Drake is the same race as Bernie Sanders. Interesting conclusion. Do you think they see themselves as the same race?
Why does it matter whether it’s racism or bigotry? What difference does it make?
I’ll give you my perspective as a jew. I can’t speak for either Drake or Bernie but I see them both as members of the Jewish race. People can be multiethnic.
So in your opinion, you can change your race to Jewish if you join the religion? Interesting perspective. I’ve generally viewed race as more rigid but that is a different take. If that is the case my race is American.
I’ve generally viewed race as more rigid
Now having reached the third or fourth comment of yours I’ve seen in this discussion, I’m very sure this is an accurate statement. It’s good that you are able to be forthright about the importance you place on a rigid view of race.
Edit: Well I just want to admit how wrong I was. Aside from these comments which certainly have sounded like a string of leading questions from a right-winger looking for opportunities for bigoted dogwhistles, you don’t actually seem to be one. Which makes the hill you’ve decided to die on here all the more confusing.
You’re looking at race in an American way, not a scientific way. Drake and Bernie would share a enough DNA that if you just looked on paper you would be able to see they have a shared genetic history at one point. Drake is partially Ashkenazi Jew like Bernie is.
There are common alleles in ethnically Jewish people. These alleles cross not only countries, but also regions around the world.
I don’t know if they consider one another the same race. Whether they do or not doesn’t matter to me.
Also, TIL Drake is Jewish.
Edit: You can learn more about the allele here.
I’ve viewed the Jewish people as an ethnic culture but not a race of people. I have friends who are atheists and still Jewish who follow the customs, they just don’t follow the religion. Any race can be Jewish, join the culture, and participate in it. I have a lot of friends from various races (military veteran) but never would I think I could just join another race.
As I said above, I put more value in being part of the American cohort than being part of a race. I could go on about what it is to be an American, but that’s for another time.
