American Jews are, on the whole, more privileged than oppressed. (80%)
The median American Jew will enjoy a higher quality of life than the median American non-Jew, or even the median American Christian. While American Jews do suffer some Antisemitism, the advantages gained from affiliating with other Jews outweighs the damages done by Antisemitism. In fact, Antisemitism can be asset for Jews, because it allows them to maintain the illusion that they are an oppressed class.
I used the word “privilege”because I wanted to compare Jews to other groups that liberals label as privileged (white/Christian/men/cis/upper-class/ect.) Like white/Christian/men/cis/upper-class/ect, American Jews enjoy advantages that out-group members do not, and work to exclude out-group members from these advantages (opportunity hoarding).
LW doesn’t like debates about what a word means, so instead of asking you what you think the definition of “privilege” is, I’m going to ask if you think my comparison of Jews to white/Christian/men/cis/upper-class people neglects something.
I used the word “privilege”because I wanted to compare Jews to other groups that liberals label as privileged (white/Christian/men/cis/upper-class/ect.)
I don’t see how this corresponds to a cluster in thing space.
The cluster is more visible among the categories as such than among the persons who are members of the categories.
I was assuming that. I still don’t see how this corresponds to a cluster in category space unless you mean literally the cluster of categories liberals label as privileged. In which case, no liberals generally don’t label Jews privileged.
At first I was a bit blown away by how much LW agreed with the bolded claim, but looking at the non-bolded explanation underneath it seems to be obviously true.
American Jews are, on the whole, more privileged than oppressed. (80%)
The median American Jew will enjoy a higher quality of life than the median American non-Jew, or even the median American Christian. While American Jews do suffer some Antisemitism, the advantages gained from affiliating with other Jews outweighs the damages done by Antisemitism. In fact, Antisemitism can be asset for Jews, because it allows them to maintain the illusion that they are an oppressed class.
Upvoted because I believe the way you’re using the word “privileged” is confused.
I used the word “privilege”because I wanted to compare Jews to other groups that liberals label as privileged (white/Christian/men/cis/upper-class/ect.) Like white/Christian/men/cis/upper-class/ect, American Jews enjoy advantages that out-group members do not, and work to exclude out-group members from these advantages (opportunity hoarding).
LW doesn’t like debates about what a word means, so instead of asking you what you think the definition of “privilege” is, I’m going to ask if you think my comparison of Jews to white/Christian/men/cis/upper-class people neglects something.
I don’t see how this corresponds to a cluster in thing space.
The cluster is more visible among the categories as such than among the persons who are members of the categories.
I was assuming that. I still don’t see how this corresponds to a cluster in category space unless you mean literally the cluster of categories liberals label as privileged. In which case, no liberals generally don’t label Jews privileged.
This seems plausible, but I’m always disappointed when people spend effort trying to figure out which factions are ahead or behind.
At first I was a bit blown away by how much LW agreed with the bolded claim, but looking at the non-bolded explanation underneath it seems to be obviously true.