Exceptionally easy answer here. Until very recently, Jewish people were largely ostracized from the conventional economies of Europe. They had to seek other avenues, like moneylending, which was illegal for Christians, academia, performing arts, and highly mobile trades. https://t.co/cXp0isQop7— khanate (@polishXcellence) February 8, 2024

Killers of the Flower Moon is a great film; it affirms more explicitly than ever that Scorsese has always been telling the story of America, the most vile gangster nation on Earth— and that he understands who still controls the narrative.

On a diff note, there's a reason why Steven Yeun grew up evangelical, John Cho's dad was a pastor, & I was in a worship band w/Lee Isaac Chung in college. It's v hard to understand Korean imm & Korean Americans w/o (Protestant) Christianity. Some context for #BEEFNetflix viewers: https://t.co/4VEQZqEs88— Jane Hong (@janehongphd) April 12, 2023

“A Brief History of Kids Today Are Too Soft 🧵”

THREAD. It’s not getting much coverage, but an important & terrible decision was issued by the 5th Circuit Court of Appeals this week - 3 wks after the 57th anniversary of the Voting Rights Act. The 5th Circuit is perhaps the most conservative federal circuit court in the nation.— Sherrilyn Ifill (@SIfill_) August 26, 2022

He talks about the first decade in the US as simply "always feeling like he was a moron." Few helped him learn a new language and culture. He doesn't talk about it—but I sense it was very traumatic for him—and the racism came from all sides.— Alex Liu (劉祥天) (@alexanderxliu) June 19, 2022