tengriz on Sidechat | As an Asian who knows Jewish people I never really understood the conspiracy theories abt them controlling shit The reason they’re successful is the same we are. Emphasis on education in fields like finance like how we’re doctors, and a strong community

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US Politics 20w

tengriz

As an Asian who knows Jewish people I never really understood the conspiracy theories abt them controlling shit The reason they’re successful is the same we are. Emphasis on education in fields like finance like how we’re doctors, and a strong community

Anonymous 20w

So a lot of the stuff around Jewish people originates from them being what’s called a middleman minority. This is an ethnic that is slotted into a role primarily in trade or finances. Other examples would be Lebanese in West Africa, Chinese in Indonesia, or Indians in Uganda. Middleman minorities tend to be distrusted because they are perceived as exploitative, and very often have foreign origins.

Anonymous 20w

So you’re saying it’s a skill issue?

Anonymous 20w

Bruh you know damn well the reason why Asians are successful is because we already come from a position of privilege. It’s impossible to get into this country unless you’re already well off and educated. Stop trying to push this bullshit narrative that we’re better than other races.

Anonymous 20w

model minority is the phrase

Anonymous 20w

False. It’s imperial association, empire the same reason why my ethnic group does well under white supremacy. And it’s like this all over the world. When the French couldn’t keep control of their African colonies, who did they bring in to administer them? Jewish people. And that’s why they were expelled from these areas after the empire fell. It’s because colonists aren’t willing to actually participate in democratic systems, they’re only there to have fascist legal advantages.

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Anonymous

#1 20w

In Europe, Jews were essentially forced to be merchants and money traders. It was the only jobs they were allowed to possess in many places. A big part of this was that Christians were religiously prohibited from charging interests, so couldn’t do loans. This was very convenient for the European wealthy, because if they ever couldn’t pay back their debts, they just declared a crusade on the infidels and expelled the Jews.

Anonymous

#1 20w

Because Jews were forced into ghettos and were a minority religion, they were easy to demonize. And because they excelled in the one industry they were allowed to pursue, it was easy for antisemites around the turn of the 1900s to create a conspiracy narrative about Jews controlling the world.

Anonymous

#1 20w

This started in Russia but spread to Nazi germany and then out from there. In the modern day, the real influence of Israel politically has given a veneer of legitimacy which has allowed for the propagation of the old fake Nazi propaganda shit.

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Anonymous

#1 20w

Yeah it makes sense, financial specialists have to be well educated and there’s nothing wrong with a community having strong ties. Law schools, medical schools, MBA and MFA programs have a lot of Jewish students in on merit for a reason. The same way Asians specialize in engineering and tech and medicine. I could see our prominence in the tech community for example which is all but directly controlling every aspect of our society make us a target for future racism.

Anonymous

tengriz 20w

I was also going to say something similar to what #3 did. Part of the reason Asians are so successful in this country is that the visa issuance system means Asians immigrants are disproportionately those who are already highly educated with high paying professions.

Anonymous

#1 20w

Like black communities have put a TON of effort into fostering their own educational institutions because they had to make their own. They have their own fraternity and sorority networks, and their own black colleges. But they have been consistently economically disadvantaged (in ways that parallel European Jews but are distinctly different). This kept African American communities poor on average despite their efforts to foster their own educational and economic opportunities.

Anonymous

#1 20w

Nigerian Americans have been able to succeed in this system that leaves American black people disadvantaged because they, like Asians, also are already coming into this country highly educated due to the visa system. So they appear way more successful than African Americans but a lot of that is that we are just skimming the wealthiest upper crust of Nigerian society.

Anonymous

#1 20w

A cultural emphasis on education and academia is like a component but that too also exists within the context of how much education can actually help. If systemic racism will prevent education from actually helping you, your community is going to reduce the value they place upon it.