England and the USA are similar in this; I grew up in the States and I know many who grew up Jewish in England and experienced exactly what I did.
When I say that your statement is privileged it's a simple fact: you have a perspective based on your upbringing as one of the majority, rather than...
This is a really privileged perspective to have. It says 'my happiness of wishing you a happy whatever is more important than respecting the fact it may not be happy at all for you'.
And I heard it alllll the time growing up. Especially the part about being labeled rude for having zero interest...
This was discussed a tiny bit in Brown Discord, so I'll tell you basically what I said there:
You don't have to tell everyone Happy Holidays. Or Merry Christmas. If you don't know they celebrate something, you don't have to say anything at all. There's zero obligation. Your wishing them a...
I get how many use 'happy holidays' in good faith and a wish to be inclusive; I thought it may be useful to share how it comes across to me (and obviously, I can only say what it's like for me). It always seemed like Christmas celebrators were cobbling together every excuse in the book to get me...
Hi all! I'm here to post a summary about Judaism. First though, I want to address one thing that may give you insight on actual coexistence, from the perspective of a minority group member:
So I totally respect all that was said above at a general level (okay, okay, truth? I don't actually...