Comments on: Liberals are correct: I have a serious problem with Obama’s color

By: Bookworm Room » The Communist cat is out of the climate change bag

Bookworm Room » The Communist cat is out of the climate change bag — Thu, 17 Dec 2009 22:44:59 +0000

[...] so far, of the 21st Century — bigger even than the election of a vaguely black, completely red, man into the White House. The one thing I suggest is that you don’t use the “I told [...]

By: Bookworm Room » Fair and unfair criticism of Glenn Beck

Bookworm Room » Fair and unfair criticism of Glenn Beck — Fri, 20 Nov 2009 20:15:27 +0000

[...] So, if I understand this correctly, Beck is a foul excuse for a journalist because he goes after Administration officials who say stupid things. (Apparently this was a good tactic during the Bush years, but is an unfair tactic during the Obama years.) Except that, actually, they really did say certain things and the administration should have known that they were hiring people who would make the American public see red, both in anger terms and political terms. [...]

By: The Razor » Blog Archive » The Council Has Spoken: September 18, 2009

The Razor » Blog Archive » The Council Has Spoken: September 18, 2009 — Fri, 16 Oct 2009 13:38:33 +0000

[...] Council: Bookworm Room – Liberals are correct: I have a serious problem with Obama’s color [...]

By: The Council Has Spoken!

The Council Has Spoken! — Fri, 02 Oct 2009 21:23:57 +0000

[...] the Watcher’s Council winners for two weeks ago. The winner in the Council post category was Bookworm Room’s “Liberals are correct: I have a serious problem with Obama’s color”. Tied for second place [...]

By: Rhymes With Right

Rhymes With Right — Sat, 19 Sep 2009 23:57:58 +0000

Watcher’s Council Results — September 18, 2009…

Here are the current results from the Council. There’s some really good stuff in here, and I encourage you to read it. Winning Council Submissions First place with 2 points! Bookworm Room – Liberals are correct: I have a……

By: The Colossus of Rhodey

The Colossus of Rhodey — Sat, 19 Sep 2009 00:11:59 +0000

Watcher’s Council results…

First place in the Council category was Bookworm Room with Liberals are correct: I have a serious problem with Obamas color. First place in the non-Council category was Big Government with Chaos for Glory: My Time With ACORN. Full results……

By: Soccer Dad

Soccer Dad — Fri, 18 Sep 2009 22:26:42 +0000

Council speak 09/18/09…

The council has spoken, again. This week’s winning entry was Bookworm Room’s Liberals are correct: I have a serious problem with Obama’s color, but it’s his political color. This week’s runners up were Mrs. Rhymes With Right’s A Reflection On The…

By: Watcher of Weasels » Spot the Weasel Winners

Watcher of Weasels » Spot the Weasel Winners — Fri, 18 Sep 2009 21:44:16 +0000

[...] First place with 2 points! – Bookworm Room – Liberals are correct: I have a serious problem with Obama’s color [...]

By: Bookworm

Bookworm — Thu, 17 Sep 2009 14:56:47 +0000

I do think there is a genetic Jew, although Jews are too diverse, historically and in the present day, to yield to that simple classification. That’s what makes us interesting.

By: gkong3

gkong3 — Thu, 17 Sep 2009 10:19:01 +0000

Sadie: Argh. Okay, fine.

http://www.commentarymagazine.com/viewarticle.cfm/is-there-a-jewish-race–13670

Insofar as you are referring to the people who embrace Judaism, as in the terminology Orthodox, Conservative or Reform Jews, then yes, there is no such thing as the Jewish race.

However, I am referring to those physical descendents of Abraham, Isaac and Jacob, the Hebrew people. I am applying the term ‘race’ in that sense. Like someone would describe himself as a secular Jew, or an atheistic Jew.

The problem is, as anyone can tell you, is that even up to the 1st century AD and then some, despite the diasporas, the term Jew still referred to the people descended from the tribe of Judah, as well as their religion. If you were a convert, you were known as a God-fearer, or a Jewish proselyte. Hence our assertion that Jesus was a Jew. http://www.keyway.ca/htm2004/20041009.htm The term does get conflated, and I’m not responsible for that conflation.

But tell you what. There’s no such thing as a black race, or a white race, or a hispanic race either. So why don’t I modify my comment and say that I am an ethnic supremacist, and I believe people of Chinese descent and extraction blah blah blah, with only those Jewish people of Hebrew descent as our equals blah blah blah.

However, I do agree that the term ‘race’ is ill-defined, and that the word ‘people group’ suits better. For that matter, there are Chinese born awfully close to the Indian border who look pretty much like Indians (and probably won’t be distinguishable from a DNA test) and are still Chinese. Strictly speaking, Chinese isn’t a race either (more a hodgepodge of Hans, Manchureans, Mongols, etc etc etc), but I’m not gonna bellyache over this.