Summary Of How Jews Became White Folks By Charles Brodkin

In her article, “How Jews Became White Folks” Brodkin tries to prove that race and class are close interrelated in U.S.A because she believes that the government used intelligence tests to ensure that minorities are not advance in society. She emphasizes that Jews only who benefit from interest home loans and the G.I. bill in America. To support this claim, Brodkin state, “Before the war, most Jews, like most other Americans, were part of the working class, defined in terms of occupation, education, and income” (65). This means that Jews was in the working class like most Americans but when they got education by benefiting from opportunities such as G.I bill, they moved from working class into middle class. The author gives an idea that