>Jew isn’t a race
Beg to differ, Moshe. Some of you dipshits took it to SCOTUS to prove Jews were "a distinct race" and won.
https://supreme.justia.com/cases/federal/us/481/615/
Even AI knows.:
Shaare Tefila Congregation v. Cobb is a 1987 United States Supreme Court case (481 U.S. 615) that established Jewish people as a protected group under federal civil rights statutes prohibiting racial discrimination.
The case arose after vandals spray-painted anti-Semitic slogans on a Maryland synagogue. The Court unanimously ruled that 42 U.S.C. § 1982 protects Jews because, at the time the statute was passed in 1866, they were considered a distinct race. This decision allows Jewish individuals to file racial discrimination suits, even when the defendants are also considered Caucasian under modern standards.
The primary legal impact of Shaare Tefila Congregation v. Cobb (1987) was establishing that Jewish people can file lawsuits for racial discrimination under federal civil rights statutes, specifically 42 U.S.C. § 1982, even though they are classified as Caucasian under modern standards.
Historical Interpretation of Race
The Supreme Court unanimously ruled that the definition of "race" in the Civil Rights Act of 1866 must be interpreted based on 19th-century understandings, not contemporary ones. At the time the statute was enacted, Jews were considered a distinct race. Therefore, the Court held that Congress intended to protect Jews from discrimination based on their ancestry or ethnic characteristics, regardless of how race is defined today.
Expansion of Civil Rights Protections
This decision significantly broadened the scope of federal anti-discrimination laws by:
Allowing Intra-Racial Claims: It confirmed that plaintiffs can sue for racial discrimination even if the defendants belong to the same broad racial category (e.g., both parties being "white").
Focusing on Ancestry: It shifted the legal focus from biological race to ancestry and ethnic identity as protected classes under Reconstruction-era civil rights statutes.
Providing a Legal Remedy for Hate Crimes: It enabled Jewish institutions and individuals to seek federal damages for anti-Semitic acts, such as the vandalism in this case, by framing them as racial discrimination rather than solely religious discrimination.
And to save you the trouble (picrel)