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I recognize that Jewishness has its own set of conditions for recognition and misrecognition (I recently published an essay on whiteness and Jewishness, which was fascinating) (there's an entire discourse on Tumblr on Jewishness and race and writing that's really fascinating). It's that the more I study racism, the less comfortable I am with statements of how these issues do or don't affect one's own standpoint. I don't think I could say that of myself, because it feels like not allowing my interlocutor's identity be part of my interaction with them. So, I think it's a sign of comfort to be able to say that identitarian issues don't factor at all in how one treats others.

Also I am fascinated that you used a MacDonald's ad as a point of reference for multiraciality... I feel outdated because I use Benetton XD