Tami Bulmash
1 min readJan 15, 2023

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I really appreciate your thoughtful response and honesty. As I mentioned before, I can’t begin to understand another person’s experience so I can’t speak to that, I can only speak to my own. I have a different opinion regarding the Jewish people I know personally regarding anti-Black racism. Many, are activists. I do not know anyone in my friend circle of Jewish people who are anti-Black, it’s quite the opposite. Do some of us have to check our privilege? Absolutely. But I also think that the fear that many of us have related to antisemitism is very valid. And that fear is allowed to exist alongside the anger and rage that many Black Americans feel regarding anti-Black racism. One does not have to negate the other’s experience. And I don’t think they need to be compared. They each have their own space. And it just seems to me that the root of some of these discussions is somehow wanting to diminish someone else’s experience because it’s not quantifiably the same. It’s not the same. Bigotry is evil. Full stop. And I think that empathy towards anyone who experiences discrimination of any sort is a good place to start, without judgement, measurement or criticism. Just my two cents.

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Tami Bulmash
Tami Bulmash

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I write and teach about the mind-body connection and its relationship to health and well-being. More at https://www.bodyandposture.com/

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