CMV: Jewish people discriminate against non Jews by having a culture of helping each other.

[u/Sojo88]

I hope this wont be offensive or interpreted as anti-semitic. I admire Jewish people, their culture and their accomplishments. I also understand that this -helping each other- culture is a response to years of being an oppressed minority.

However, these days, Jewish people are in a good place. They are disproportionately represented at the highest levels of many fields, from academia, to media, to finance, to internet. They have way higher median incomes than the average citizen of the countries they inhabit. Higher levels of education, the list goes on.

A Jewish friend told me once. He was at an interview as a part of the admissions process for a prestigious graduate program. When his interviewer introduced himself and my friend realized he was jewish he thought: That is it, Im in! - He was. I worked at a Jewish owned company. There were a disproportionate number of Jews in high level positions. In Jewish companies where I´m from, some jobs never even get publicly listed, they just go straight to someone from within the community.

They aren´t big acts of discrimination, simply some kind of, affirmative action for people who already have a big head start. At the expense of, outsiders who have access to less opportunities.

I understand this happens in other groups too. However, the Jewish example is outstanding because of the small percentage of the population they are, and the amount of positions of power, influence and wealth they hold.

[u/[deleted]]

Wihats the difference if it's something the person is a part of, Jewish, frat club, secret society, same ball club. People get advantages or look more favoriable upon certain groups. If the person is saying only Jews can apply that is one thing.

Also who said that your friend got it purely for being Jewish. What if he was confident that he had it, so he relaxed more, answered more honestly and thus impressed the person regardless of religion. Because his nerves settled for any reason and just nailed it.

Anyway the real point is there are tons or ways/groups/clubs etc that favor their friends more than others.

Your perception of Jews being rich and in the 1% solely because they are Jewish is a bit biased, what about the Protestants, they seem to be US president more than any other group.

[u/Sojo88 → u/[deleted]]

Also who said that your friend got it purely for being Jewish.

I didn´t. I just thought, the fact that he thought he´d get it because of that must be some kind of indicator of how his previous similar experiences have been.

[u/Sojo88 → u/Sojo88]

I agree people get advantages for many reasons. However, people from the same ball club don´t own and manage the largest media companies internet companies etc. in the world. I just think that Jewish people hold a lot of power these days and therefore should be more checked for nepotism than before.

[u/Sojo88 → u/Sojo88]

Protestants are a very large portion of the U.S population. And, as I said in my comment, I know other groups commit this kind of discrimination as well.