Just a note, this episode contains language that some people may find offensive.

You're listening to Coat Switch, I'm Gene Demby.

And I'm Shrine Madisoul Miraji, and you've heard that chanting on this show before.

It's from the Unite the Right Rally in Charlottesville, Virginia,

where hundreds of people protested the removal of a statue of Confederate general Robert E. Lee.

We reported on the events of Charlottesville last August when they were still unfolding.

And we brought on experts to talk about the rise of white nationalism,

to talk about anti-black racism and Confederate pride.

But as a lot of y'all pointed out to us, we never really got into the anti-Semitism at the rally.

To be honest, we weren't quite sure how it fit in the Coat Switch will house.

Our Jews, the member of a religious group, our Jews are race and ethnicity,

our Jews white people, and if Jews are white people,

what's up with all this white supremacists hate towards them?

What's the story here?

And how is it a Coat Switch story?

And we can hear all of you at home listening saying,

it's complicated. So obviously that's what makes it a Coat Switch story.

And y'all are right. So sorry, this took so long.

So today we're doing this.

We're talking about the complex and confusing ways Jewish people fit in America's racial landscape.

When you take a closer look at Jewish identity,

you realize how blurry these lines are between religion, race, and culture.

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