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As a general rule, I don’t ask English lit majors about the structural soundness of an interstate overpass.
I don’t rely on men to inform me as to whether or not rape culture is a thing.
I don’t trust the opinions of white folks about the reality of racism in America.
And I sure as shit am not going to listen to Christians (or self-proclaimed ones, at least) try and define for me what is and is not anti-Semitism.
Call me crazy, but I think in the four cases above, one would do best to check with engineers, women, people of color, and Jews, respectively. Some people are experts when it comes to certain topics. Other folks are spectating and pontificating about things they don’t understand.
Case in point: Donald Trump, who recently said that American Jews are either uninformed or “disloyal” if they vote for Democrats, given the party’s supposed anti-Semitism. It’s an anti-Semitism he insists Democrats are guilty of due to the presence of some in the party (like Rashida Tlaib and Ilhan Omar) who support the Boycott, Sanctions and Divestment movement and question the prerogatives of the Israeli government.
