1/ Not all Jews have “white” skin

And there is a difference between white skin and “whiteness”

The idea of “black” and “white” was coined during the colonial period to separate the colonisers from the colonised - from which came things like “‘mulatto” or the “one drop” rule https://twitter.com/willshome/status/1338554247386894337

2/ But Jews, regardless of colour, were always seen as an ethnic “other” - not part of the “whiteness”, and were consistently persecuted throughout

Which is partially why white supremacists don’t see Jews as “white”

I did a thread on this here https://twitter.com/nadinebh_/status/1334231034934800387

3/ Having pale - or “white” - skin is beneficial in a society where people with pale skin are not discriminated against

But “whiteness”, as it was constructed, was never truly designed to include Jewish people within it - Jews were always seen as an other, and persecuted for it