'Jews are white': US minority psychologists' coalition rejects Jewish ethnic recognition [View all]

(THIS IS THE JEWISH GROUP)

The coalition of minority ethnic psychologists within the American Psychological Association (APA) has opposed the recognition of the Association of Jewish Psychologists (AJP) as an Ethnic Psychological Association, claiming that most Jews "identify as white."

As first reported by the New York Times on Sunday, the Coalition of National Racial and Ethnic Psychological Associations (CONREPA) released a statement criticizing the recognition of a separate ethnic minority group for Jewish psychologists, saying that Jews are not underrepresented in the APA.

The statement was endorsed by the Asian American Psychological Association, the American Arab, Middle Eastern and North African Psychological Association, the National Latino/a Psychological Association, the Association of Black Psychologists and the Society of Indian [Native-American] Psychologists. The groups collectively represent about 2000 people.

“Conflating religion, race and ethnicity is a critical issue with serious consequences in that it obscures the role of racism, white privilege and white supremacy in the historical and contemporary oppression of people of color,” CONREPA said.

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"This statement is not just troubling - it is indefensible," said Jonathan Greenblatt, CEO of the Anti-Defamation League. "It reflects a profound and dangerous distortion of Jewish identity and a fundamental misunderstanding of the nature of antisemitism. Jewish identity encompasses religion, ethnicity and culture - a complexity that CONREPA's statement dismisses entirely. To suggest that Jewish psychologists do not face discrimination or deserve representation within this group is both factually wrong and harmful."

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