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Thank you @minetteskvareninova that was really informative. I’m a big history nerd, but my knowledge of Eastern Europe is really limited. And it’s good to hear somebody else say how a DNA test really wouldn’t be helpful.

It’s a shame Slovakians used to be discriminated against, I didn’t know that (and if that’s still happening, I apologize for my lack of knowledge). It’s a shame how I may be part Slovak, and I don’t know any of this!

Anyway, I’ll try asking around and seeing if somebody in my family would know anything. Maybe certain things he used to say that were specific to a certain group.

A little off topic, but I actually am German through my paternal grandmother. And my adopted paternal grandfather was also German. There’s a street somewhere in Germany with his last name. Although, again, nobody on my dad’s side of the family mentioned any of that until I was already a grown adult, lol.

It’s interesting to me how certain white ethnicities tend to assimilate quickly into white American culture and lose all their ancestral/cultural identity, and how some white ethnicities tend to cling to their ancestors cultures. I’d put German Americans in the first category (I’ve never even heard somebody call themself a German American, or seen a German flag anywhere in America), and Italians, Irish, Albanians and white Jews in the second category. I see Italian flags and Irish flags everywhere in NJ & Philly, and I know white Jews who don’t follow the religion at all but still wear Star of David for ethnic/cultural reasons (myself included).

Dumb question, is Czechoslovakian an ethnicity? I found out that’s what my biological grandfather was, but that country didn’t exist until 1918, after gaining independence from Austria-Hungary. So was he a Czech, Slovak, Austrian or Hungarian? Or all the above?

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Thank you for the input @biksarddedrak and for encouraging others to comment.

I hope to learn as much as I can without having to do a DNA test, cause I personally doubt how accurate they are & it’s confirmed they sell people’s DNA.

Unfortunately I can’t ask my dad’s side of the family much because they have no connection to their ancestors cultures (I just found out in my 20’s what my bio grandfather was, lol).

Luckily my mom’s side of the family is very strongly connected to their ancestry, so I have a strong cultural identity there. Hence the Italian flag & Star of David in my bio even tho I’m an agnostic American.

Dumb question, is Czechoslovakian an ethnicity? I found out that’s what my biological grandfather was, but that country didn’t exist until 1918, after gaining independence from Austria-Hungary. So was he a Czech, Slovak, Austrian or Hungarian? Or all the above?

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Dumb question, is Czechoslovakian an ethnicity? I found out that’s what my biological grandfather was, but that country didn’t exist until 1918, after gaining independence from Austria-Hungary. So was he a Czech, Slovak, Austrian or Hungarian? Or all the above?

#Czechoslovakia #Austria #Hungary #czech republic #Slovakia #ethnicity

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Happy women’s history month.

There are so many historic Jewish women I could highlight, but I wanted to shout out a few Jewish women & girls who have used their platform for good.

Naomi Wadler was a major figure during the March For Our Lives movement, speaking at protests when she was only 11 years old.

Hari Nef, Abbi Jacobson and Ilana Glazer signed a letter demanding a ceasefire in Gaza.

Joyce "Shatzi" Weisberger was an educator, nurse and activist. Her involvement in activism spanned the civil rights movement, the anti-nuclear movement, ACT UP, the Black Lives Matter movement, anti-Zionism, and the movement to abolish police and prisons.

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This women’s history month, we celebrate all the women and girls of Palestine, including,

-Lina Abu Akleh, a Palestinian rights activist

-Ola Abu Al Ghaib, a disability rights activist and the Manager of the Technical Secretariat of the United Nations Partnership on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities (UNPRPD)

-Farah Baker, who gained fame for live-tweeting Israel’s assault on Gaza in 2014

-Lina’s aunt Shireen Abu Akleh, an innocent journalist who was murdered by Israeli forces

-Shaden Abu-Hijleh, a peace activist who was murdered by Israeli forces

JPP stands in solidarity with the people of Palestine and the anti-Zionist movement.

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Amreeka (Cherien Dabis - 2009)

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Lenny Kravitz at the 2024 Grammy Awards.

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Harry Belafonte on the set of ‘The Strollin’ Twenties,’ a television special he produced in 1965/1966, with a script by Langston Hughes. The show was a celebration of the Harlem Renaissance.

Belafonte was of Afro-Jamaican and European Jewish descent.

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Carl Weathers and Denise “Vanity” Matthews on the set of the film ‘Action Jackson’ (1988).

Rest in peace to Weathers and Matthews 🕊️

Weathers was not Jewish, but Matthews was born to a Jewish mother.

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Lisa Bonet photographed for Porter magazine (2018).

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Ruby Johnson was born in 1936, to a Black Jewish family in North Carolina. She later became a deep-soul singer, popular in certain parts of the United States in the 1960’s.

Her music initially only had minor success on the U.S. R&B charts, leading her to give up her singing career in the 70’s.

Greater interest in her catalog occurred when a new generation rediscovered her 60’s recordings in the 90’s. Since then, she has received millions of plays on platforms like YouTube and Spotify.

She sadly passed away in 1999, at the age of 63.

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Denise “Vanity” Matthews at the 12th Annual American Music Awards (1985).

Matthews was born to a Jewish mother & Black American father, and later converted to Christianity.

Pictures reposted from from @flyandfamousblackgirls, caption my own.

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maybe don’t post pop jewish culture if you’re not even going to understand the jewish community.

Is this about me being anti-Zionist? Cause maybe stay outta my inbox since you don’t understand how much of the Jewish community is anti-Zionist. And come off anonymous. You can’t even stand by your beliefs, that’s how cowardly Zionists are. You guys always wanna hide & post about how you don’t like wearing ur star of David’s in public meanwhile I still proudly do. Loser.

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I'm asking this genuinely. My Jewish family has lived in Israel since the 30s. Where do you expect them to go "back" to?

There was no Israel then. They could go back to being Palestinians.

And if your family can't coexist without having an ethno-state to support them then I couldn't care less about what happens to them.

Get a fucking grip lol

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night 1

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Happy night 1 of Hanukkah 🕎❤️

A holiday commemorating an oppressed people’s revolt against a powerful empire that took their land and tried to wipe away their culture… I can’t help but think of how relevant that is today.

I am praying for a free Palestine.

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Drake’s ‘Take Care’ album was released on this day in 2011.

The album expanded on the low-tempo, sensuous, and dark sonic aesthetic of his previous album ‘Thank Me Later’ (2010).

It incorporates several elements that have come to define Drake's sound, including minimalist R&B influences, existential subject matter, and alternately sung and rapped vocals.

Despite leaking online nine days before its scheduled release, ‘Take Care’ debuted at number one on the US Billboard 200 albums chart, selling 631,000 copies in its first week. It has been certified eight times platinum by the Recording Industry Association of America (RIAA), for reaching over 8,000,000 units (sales + streaming).

It won Drake his first Grammy Award, winning Best Rap Album at the 2013 Grammy Awards.

In 2020, the album was ranked 95th on Rolling Stone's updated list of the 500 Greatest Albums of All Time.