butchcommunist:

naranappa:

butchcommunist:

This dirty Jew remembers every penny thrown at him.

The
ones thrown from above, as we waited to be picked up from the public
pool in my hometown on Long Island, our yarmulkes pinned to wet hair. By
then, I was big enough to feel shame for the younger kids, who knew no
better than to scurry around, as our local anti-Semites laughed.

I
remember walking home from synagogue at my father’s side, in our suits
and ties, and seeing a neighbor boy crawling on his hands and knees,
surrounded by bullies, this time picking up pennies by force. I remember
my father rushing in and righting the boy, and sending those kids
scattering.

I
remember when, at that same corner, on a different day, those budding
neo-Nazis surrounded my sister, and I raced home for help. I remember my
parents running back, and my father and mother (all five feet of her)
confronting the parents of one of the boys, who then gave him a winking,
Trumpian chiding for behavior they didn’t care to condemn. Even if it’s
“kids with horns,” they told their son, he should leave other children
alone.

If you are someone white who is at all interested in trying to learn more about the trauma of living a childhood as a
racialized person, or trying to learn more about how antisemitism
affects Jewish people on a basic, human, individual, and emotional
level- having come to understand that systemic antisemitism exists and how crucial it is to white supremacists according even to themselves- I
think this is an excellent read for you.

I am not Jewish myself, but it absolutely mirrors many of the problems and traumas of childhood as a black person that I experienced myself, and I think it is important, in these dangerous times, that we find all the sources of solidarity that we can, so if you are someone who already experiences racial subjugation every day but who doesn’t know much about antisemitism, I would recommend this to you as well.

this is behind a paywall but I’m sure resourceful folk can cop it easy 

It’s not behind a paywall for me on PC! If I recall properly the NYT gives you 10 free articles per month on their mobile site, so maybe if you open it via computer that’ll open it for you. That’s assuming you are on your phone, but I am not sure how to help otherwise, sorry.

What Jewish Children Learned From Charlottesville