WATCH: I’m Not White — I’m Jewish.
This slam poem was written in order to give a voice to this issue of being racially advantaged, but ethnically disadvantaged with the threat of persecution no matter what year it is. Now more than ever, it is crucial that we do not lose the ability to look back and see where we came from in the fight against intolerance.
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