Joseph Catron wrote: > ... Yishai, of wholly Tunisian extraction, is in no > possible sense other than religion "whiter" than a Muslim or Christian > Palestinian (except the black ones, I guess).
I guess "whiteness" is a social construct in Israel, as in the US and South Africa. In the US, the Irish immigrants (my ancestors) originally weren't considered to be "white," while in apartheid South Africa, the Japanese were made honorary "whites." -- Jim Devine / "Segui il tuo corso, e lascia dir le genti." (Go your own way and let people talk.) -- Karl, paraphrasing Dante. _______________________________________________ pen-l mailing list [email protected] https://lists.csuchico.edu/mailman/listinfo/pen-l
