• Huldra [they/them, it/its]
    hexbear
    53
    1 month ago

    Why would you remember that Drakes mother is Jewish, and not simply that Drake is half Jewish?

    Is this just word count writing? Just a weird ass unnatural way to phrase it, very few celebrities parents are noteworthy enough to be part of the common knowledge around that artist.

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    • CTHlurker [he/him]
      hexbear
      60
      1 month ago

      If Drake's mother is jewish, doesn't that just make him Jewish? I thought pretty much every jewish tradition considers it inheritable through the mother rather than through both parents

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      • Huldra [they/them, it/its]
        hexbear
        35
        1 month ago

        Yeah I guess in a religious sense he's just Jewish, but him being mixed is a big part of a lot of the drama going on around him so people usually call him half Jewish, I guess it also makes it clear that his mother is Jewish rather than him having converted.

        Ultimately I just said half Jewish cause that's what I hear people call him.

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    • Huldra [they/them, it/its]
      hexbear
      32
      1 month ago

      Also I can't help but feel like this is the kind of hyperaggressive overreaction that Liberal and Conservative reactionaries alike ascribe to trans people and other minorities.

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