House Republicans: the southern border is in crisis!
Democrats: Here's a compromise bill to deal with it.
HR: Dead on arrival! Won't touch!
Everyone else: What's your strategy, then?
HR: Do NOTHING!
Everyone else: Why?
HR: Because the Dear Leader said so!

https://open.substack.com/pub/steady/p/the-do-nothing-strategy?r=2i3v1

@adamgreenfield @BlackAzizAnansi @marsroverdriver As I said, I have no problem referencing degrees of participation in the practices of the religion (whichever version of it you like) or the commonly assumed cultural affiliations in varying degrees.

However, none of that aligns with "1/4 Jewish" as a statement about ancestry. That is the statement to which I object.

But just to be clear, what makes you think that Jewishness can in any way be determined by ancestry?

For bonus points, think about about the cultural affiliations that I have as a White Ashkenazi Conservative Jew brought up in the suburbs of New York as compared with the cultural affiliations of my Black Reconstructionist Jewish friends raised in the deep South.

I'll save you the trouble: neither of us is more or less Jewish, despite the vast gaps in our cultural and spiritual practices. When you attempt to associate Jewishness with genetic factors you are almost certainly relying on racist stereotypes that belong buried in history.

@adamgreenfield @BlackAzizAnansi @marsroverdriver I appreciate the respect, but when talking about _being_ Jewish it's a binary state.

Following certain practices, holding certain beliefs and ethics can all be more or less. But the phrase "1/4 Jewish" paints a genetic picture of Jewishness as determined by an ancestry tree. That's just wrong.