Message from @Diadochi
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who didn't consider himself white
keep in mind, such conversations are rare anyhow
because people are normal and talk about normal shit
however, this dude also didn't consider eastern euros to be white
his idea of "white" were just wasps
Are you Ashkenazi?
yeah
probably have distant sephardi blood though
but sephardim are from europe too
I'm familiar
I can tell you one thing
I've always thought of myself as white
the only time I ever began to question that
is when interacting with the alt-right
by simply being told over and over that I'm not
I'm genuinelly curious
should I stop to identify as being white
will you consider that a win or a loss?
So, then what do you say about genetic tests being able to tell Ashkenazim apart from Europeans?
the simple answer is that people don't identify by genetic tests
I've asked my friends about this
and this is how it goes each time
you'll ask if they're white
you'll get an instant yes
then you'll bering up genetics
and they'll start thinking about it
there is a genetic component to race
and a social one
and an interaction variables
the interaction variable is how society sees you
and they base it off phenotype, which is dictated by genetics
you can cite all the race science in the world
but choosing where to draw the line between caucasian whites and caucasian nonwhites is social
genetics don't abide by european borders , and neither does phenotype
I identify by what people see me as
I'm ultimately indifferent to the broader category
Yeah, I can agree with what you're saying to some degree
but because everyone has always seen me as white
I see myself as white
Are you religiously Jewish as well?