Author: Shahid Bolsen

European Jews (Ashkenazi) carry, at most, perhaps 30% ancestry originating from the Middle East– and that is remote. Genetically, they are predominantly European. Their Jewish identity is derived far more from “mutable” characteristics (belief, culture, tradition, etc,) than from “immutable” ethnic/genetic distinctions. Does that delegitimize their identity as Jews? Of course not. Does that make…

“…The solution, in my view, is not to expand protections to belief-based identities, but to do away with all such curtailments, regardless of how group identities are being defined…” https://shahidkingbolsen.medium.com/dont-hate-speech-6e1efe774fa1 External Context سياق خارجي https://shahidkingbolsen.medium.com/dont-hate-speech-6e1efe774fa1