My college has a Christian youth group.
And black people are more religious than average.
So they keep going up to me and asking if I want to join, because I fit the profile of wants-to-join.
I could say I’m an atheist.
But I say “Sorry, I’m Jewish” and they get so confused.
I am proud of my life choices.
First thought: “Why is being black and Jewish confusing? When I first learned you were black and Jewish, I just assumed you were from the Ethiopian Jews. I mean, I gather that isn’t actually true in your case, but in general Beta Israel is a Thing.”
Second thought, addressing the first: “You know, just because we’ve heard of Beta Israel doesn’t mean it’s remotely common knowledge.”
Fair point.
(And while I had heard of the Ethiopian Jews, I was not aware until looking at the Wiki article while composing this that very few of them actually still live in Ethiopia. They’ve mostly moved to Israel, apparently.)
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