“Off White” by Rachel Shabi

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  • Modern European Jews have been absorbed into general whiteness
    • This makes the label tenuous
  • William the Conqueror brought Jews to England after the Normad conquest
    • They were the property of the King
    • They were not permitted to own land
    • They were permitted to lend money for interest
    • Interest was “evil” in the Christian church, so no one else did it
    • The King collected taxes on the money earned, so encouraged the practice
  • “Racism” does not translate pigment-by-pigment but adapts as needed
  • Jewish communities (“People of the Book”) in Arabic nations did not face racism like in Europe and North America
  • In the colonial era, “Jews were white Africans”
  • “Race is the child or racism, not the other way around”
  • The West has been driving for a “Eastern” colony; Israel can be that
  • Judeo-Christian narratives were created to make it seem like we are all related

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