tikkunolamorgtfo:

astrape:

Jews who engage in respectability politics are so fucking tiring. If you see other Jews reacting to antisemitism and your immediate reaction is, “they’re being overdramatic, they’re being mean, they’re being harsh” then you have got more work to do internally. You can disagree with how other Jews handle situations – believe me, there have been plenty of interactions I’ve had where, looking back, I wish I had done it differently – but it’s not your right to judge whether or not they had a right to respond that way. This respectability politics is entirely based on the idea that these oppressive systems are actually just a series of “kind of bad” interpersonal interactions, when in reality they are pervasive, coercive, and dehumanizing systems. Intention =/= impact.

I notice this especially with Jews who grew up in urban/suburban enclaves with large Jewish populations versus those of us who grew up amongst gentiles. It’s a lot easier to overlook or excuse microaggressions when you haven’t been personally forced to contend with them on hostile territory your whole life.