As a Jew, I can confirm this. While I was smart enough to keep quiet about my Jewish heritage growing up, I was still very much an outcast in high school and I remember talking with an uncle’s neighbor about how I would love to live in NYC and he mentioned that cities are for “freaks and elitists” (Not only am I smart enough to know ‘elitst’ is codword for something else, but you’re NOT being an elitist by looking down on nonconformists) and “we’ll teach you how to be a real man here in the country.”
One of these days I’m going to GTFO and live somewhere with my fellow weirdos, and I don’t care if I’m broke in the process.
As a Jew, I can confirm this. While I was smart enough to keep quiet about my Jewish heritage growing up, I was still very much an outcast in high school and I remember talking with an uncle’s neighbor about how I would love to live in NYC and he mentioned that cities are for “freaks and elitists” (Not only am I smart enough to know ‘elitst’ is codword for something else, but you’re NOT being an elitist by looking down on nonconformists) and “we’ll teach you how to be a real man here in the country.”
One of these days I’m going to GTFO and live somewhere with my fellow weirdos, and I don’t care if I’m broke in the process.
My neighborhood is very Jewish and it rules
I wish I had a Jewish deli where I live
I’ve switched. Now I tell everyone. If they care at all what I think it makes them less likely to let something antisemitic slip.