I think it’s fine to be extremely angry about the prospect of congressmen you like getting primaried out but I also think you shouldn’t fucking lie about what people or organizations did and did not do
I grew up in a very (not majority but strong plurality) Jewish neighborhood in the district and there were also 0 black kids in my year. It's not so strange for a progressive candidate to be aware of how that impacts the political dynamics of the district.
It's also noteworthy that a similar area, Scarsdale, specifically excluded prospective black residents in the relatively recent past. It's just not that odd to point out that segregation causes political discord that can be exploited by relative conservatives, like Latimer.
I guess I'll just frame it this way:
If someone referred to "the areas where the Asians live" or "where the Blacks live" or "where the Latinos live" ... what would your gut reaction be?
"Religious Jews tend to live in geographically close communities" is an observation, and a fine one. It's the definite article in "where the Jews live" that lands pretty terribly
I can't say that I think of "the Jews" rather than "Jewish people" as a huge deal, but I get how it's similar to saying "the Blacks", which usually comes along with a bunch of anti-Black racism. To me, it's the associated racism, rather than the turn of phrase, that's the issue.
I'll be honest..
"Daly City is the place where the Filipinos" live does not hit me all that hard.
I can understand "The Jews" having a different connotation from people saying it with hate repeatedly. I am not sure I get that impression of hate from that screenshot.
Uh, there are plenty of "Jewish neighborhoods" in NYC. Some are more diverse than they used to be, but they definitely still exist. I live in one, friends and family live in others. Plenty of other ethnic enclaves too, & many struggles over gentrification & segregation.
It certainly a well-intentioned phrase phrased unintentionally horrifically. It feels only a stone's throw from saying "The Jews ghetto themselves, what are you going to do? "
Yeah, a longstanding issue in NY has been these ultraorthodox and highly insular Jewish enclaves that have, at times, effectively isolated themselves from the rest of the state in ways that have resulted in their issues spilling out into the open, such as substandard education, spousal abuse, etc.
