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Being Ashkenazi is weird. You’re too white to POC but not white enough for Europeans. I don’t get it
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Anonymous 53w

It’s a similar experience to what a lot of mixed race people have

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Anonymous 53w

Based on genetic studies, a combination of being mixed in terms of heritage—although predominantly Levantine—and having selection pressures favouring some features including skin tone more suited to the environment they lived in (as has been true for most Jewish diaspora groups, which is why even when genetically quote different we often have traits of our neighbors)

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Anonymous replying to -> #1 53w

It’s like mixed^2 imo

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