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(CNN)President Donald Trump will sign an executive order on Wednesday to interpret Judaism as a nationality and not just a religion, a move that the Trump administration believes will fight what they perceive as anti-Semitism on college campuses, a White House official said.
It's insulting to Americans, who happen to be Jewish. Their nationality isn't "Jewish." It's American. Whatever the motive, the result is that American Jews will be viewed as outsiders. The history of similar actions are disturbing.Source: (CNN) Trump to sign order to interpret Judaism as a nationality
Uh, what? Judaism is a nationality? So, those Jews residing here are not American citizens? Or are they all dual citizens, now?
I find this confusing and likely problematic ...
My take, as well.It's insulting to Americans, who happen to be Jewish. Their nationality isn't "Jewish." It's American. Whatever the motive, the result is that American Jews will be viewed as outsiders. The history of similar actions are disturbing.
Source: (CNN) Trump to sign order to interpret Judaism as a nationality
Uh, what? Judaism is a nationality? So, those Jews residing here are not American citizens? Or are they all dual citizens, now?
I find this confusing and likely problematic ...
Why is it problematic? Seems reasonable. Not all people of Jewish origin or ancestry are religious, and I don't think an anti-Semite really cares which Jews observe the Sabbath and which ones don't.
Source: (CNN) Trump to sign order to interpret Judaism as a nationality
Uh, what? Judaism is a nationality? So, those Jews residing here are not American citizens? Or are they all dual citizens, now?
I find this confusing and likely problematic ...
Source: (CNN) Trump to sign order to interpret Judaism as a nationality
Uh, what? Judaism is a nationality? So, those Jews residing here are not American citizens? Or are they all dual citizens, now?
I find this confusing and likely problematic ...
Confusing and problematic how. This is rather clean cut in premise.
Though to be honest, I'm not sure that CNN is the best source to use on such a topic. Seeing as all they're going to try and do is cast this as some sort of racist agenda, or whatever lame tactic they can think of this time around.
Trump sure likes to otherize Jews.
Let's stop pretending that Trump is catering to 2 percent of the country without being prompted to. All of his top 10 donors are Jewish, Sheldon Adelson being the biggest single donor to the entire GOP ($123 million given to GOP last year alone).
Otherizing Jews is what’s been done to them time immemorial, and it works against normalization in the country of their residence. It’s not helpful. I don’t know who’s happy about trump doing this, but I can guarantee you it’s not Jews.
Trump’s supporters sure like to otherize Jews.
Source: (CNN) Trump to sign order to interpret Judaism as a nationality
Uh, what? Judaism is a nationality? So, those Jews residing here are not American citizens? Or are they all dual citizens, now?
I find this confusing and likely problematic ...
I thought that too.Isn't nationality also included under law along with religion as protected?
For one thing, all Jews are not of Jewish origin or ancestry. Religion is a choice. Nationality is not. Think Sammy Davis Jr.
I thought that too.
Another take is that if Trump can decide who's a protected class by executive order, it shoots a big hole in the Trumpian claim that Obama couldn't protect LGBTQ people because Obama didn't have legal authorization to protect them. In other words, more hypocrisy -- presidents that use E.O.s are dictators unless he's their guy.
Well, if someone can support an argument that there's such a thing as a Gay Nation it just might fly. :lol:
This makes me think of a haunting scene from “The Stranger,” a film in which Orson Welles portrays a Nazi on the run, hiding in America as a college professor. Over a dinner discussion, Welles character attempts to correct a statement made by his guest that positions Karl Marx as one of history’s most significant Germans, saying something along the lines of “But Marx wasn’t a German, he was a Jew.” Judaism isn't a nation either.
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