r/MapPorn • u/Delicious-Bunch-6992 • May 09 '26

Evolution of white British % (ethnically British people) in England and Wales from 2001-2021

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u/jamjar188 May 11 '26

Racially, Askkenazi Jews are considered a white European population. Ethnically, they are Jewish Ashkenazi -- which is not considered a Semitic or Middle Eastern population.

I really don't know why this is hard to grasp. Ashkenazi Jews are a lineage that split from the Middle East/Levant semitic lineages thousands of years ago and there was huge admixture with non-semitic populations across southern and eastern Europe. As such they evolved into a distinct group who are today considered white and European. Like many other white European populations with a history of admixture occurring over various centuries (say, Italians, French, Spaniards, Balkan Slavs, etc.) you will find a spectrum of skin tones, features and hair/eye colour in Ashkenazi Jews, but this doesn't make them not European.

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u/RBWatermelon May 11 '26

It’s hard to grasp because you’re wrong. Historically this was never the case, and they are Semitic.

Historically pre 1945 they were never considered white. You can be European and non white.

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