How My Jewish and Black Grandmothers Found BerniePosted in Articles, Judaism, Media Archive, Politics/Public Policy, Religion, United States on 2016-05-09 22:30Z by Steven |
How My Jewish and Black Grandmothers Found Bernie
Jewschool: Progressive Jews & Views
2016-04-30
Jason Salmon
 Photo above: Jason Salmon (center) and members of Jews for Racial and Economic Justice (JFREJ) at an action in New York City for police accountability. Photo courtesy JFREJ. |
Both of my grandmothers, one a Black woman and the other an Ashkenazi Jewish woman, recently became ardent Bernie Sanders supporters. They don’t articulate their passion like most of the younger supporters by saying, “I feel the Bern,” but they realize that in order for their grandchildren to reap the benefits of their hard work and contributions to society, whether social or economic, systemic change must happen. They grasp that they can’t subscribe to the status quo any longer.
Like many of the older generation who came from marginalized groups, my grandmothers are weighted down by the past and the oppression they experienced first-hand, while living through the Great Depression and segregated America. We are all, to some extent, prisoners of America’s past, but they feel its impact in ways I cannot…
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