thisisnotpilipinx: I’m a Filipinx-American girl who also happens to be Jewish, so as anyone can imagine, growing up was pretty tough on me from both ends of the spectrum. I never “looked Jewish” (what does that even mean????) but I also never “looked Filipinx/Asian” - I also inevitably wound up on the receiving end of a lot of “I didn’t know Asians could be Jewish” comments. I was the only POC in my Hebrew school classes, a fact which I didn’t notice until I grew up. It used to bother me a lot as a kid, not really fitting into either of the two identities I hold closest to me, but now that I’m older, it doesn’t bother me as much. I like not fitting into the mold; I like defying expectation.I’m Filipinx, and I’m Jewish, and I will slam-dunk your crappy narrow-minded ideas of both identities in the trash where they belong :)
