How Jews Became White Folks and What That Says About Race in America Quotes

“Suffrage was attractive to many immigrant daughters, who recognized that race-based benefits of feminine refinement and male protection were white-only and never intended for them.”
― Karen Brodkin Sacks, How Jews Became White Folks and What That Says About Race in America

“Our Jewishness was racially a middle place to experience womanhood. In relation to mainstream white folks, the women of my family felt different. However, in relation to African Americans, we experienced ourselves as mainstream and white.”
― Karen Brodkin Sacks, How Jews Became White Folks and What That Says About Race in America

“What did it mean to be a Jewish woman, and how did that differ from being a white or mainstream one? Why were middle-class Jews Democrats, and some of our equally middle-class Protestant neighbors Republican?”
― Karen Brodkin Sacks, How Jews Became White Folks and What That Says About Race in America