Hooray Historic election of Kamala Black Harris -- Jews, Native Americans....don't matter.

Once the election was finally official, there was the outpouring of glee that centered mostly on the historic Kamala Harris election: "FIRST BLACK!"

But since Obama got there first, the media had to add, oh, "WOMAN!" and "ASIAN AMERICAN" even.  

As you see, the Business Insider made it a trifecta: FIRST BLACK AND ASIAN AMERICAN WOMAN VP. 

This country was taken away from the Indians, but we've never had an Indian elected to a high office. Who cares. They stay on reservations and keep quiet. 

Jews? The most persecuted race on the planet for over 2,000 years? Still abused worldwide? They don't matter. As boxing champ and proudly self-titled "Gypsy King" Tyson Fury will tell you they own all the banks. They're also lawyer, doctors and accountants so who the hell needs one as a President or Vice-President?

And so what if they're not on TV much anymore. Flip those dials and there are plenty of black faces, women, even sitcoms about Asians, but Jews are OUT. And Indians were never in, except for what, a few westerns? Is there even an ethnic music category on the Grammy awards? Some minorities are trendy, and yes, it's great they get elected, but it's a bit offensive to think that equality means it's ok, not even worth mentioning, that a Jew hasn't a chance (Mike Bloomberg) and the Jewish Vice Presidential candidate Joe Lieberman was just a futile throw-in on a doomed campaign from Mike Dukakis. 

The eagerness to show the new equality (for some races and not all) presented itself when Obama won. Yes, a great moment. But "First Black President!" Uh...why didn't and why doesn't anyone tell it is like it is? 

Obama was "the first Mixed Race" President. But that wouldn't sell newspapers, and would ruin the emotional appeal and reduce hope and esteem. Since he looks 100% Black anyway, forget that he was raised almost completely by his white mother. 

Kamala's election sparks hope for females (never mind Hillary Clinton got 3 million more votes than Trump last time out). Mostly it was "BLACK" in her description, despite the Indian mother and Jamaican father, and kept way in the distance, any reference to having a white, Jewish husband. 

Indians...still on the reservation, lucky that in the PC and #me too era, somebody actually bothered to say "Hey, the Washington Redkins should finally change their name."

Jews. No respect at all...except racists at universities re-writing the history of Israel, or Farrakhan gleefully calling Jews names. Bookstores want authors of color, and it's hard to even find a book by the hot minority writers of the 50's and 60's such as Salinger,  Mailer, Uris, Wouk or Roth. Broadway wants shows of color and the old days of "Fiddler on the Roof" "Milk and Honey" or Jackie Mason...are truly over. People want the next "Hamilton" or a version of "West Side Story" without any whites, or play versions of things like "To Kill a Mockingbird." Or re-casing things like "Joan of Arc" so the lead is a woman of color. (A Jewish Joan of Arc? Oy! What for?) 

Another religion seems to be getting an interesting shrug. 

There was no hoo-hah about Joe Biden becoming the first Catholic President since John F. Kennedy. There was nothing in the election about that issue. Reporters weren't yelling questions about The Pope or other issues that were part of the Kennedy campaign. 

Nice to know being Catholic in a predominantly Protestant (WASP) country doesn't matter much. That's the reverse of the apathy on Jews and Native Americans. 

Mike Bloomberg was pretty much laughed out of contention when he ran, and the reason was obvious. His religion. The best he could do was donate $100 million to try and sway voters in Florida with TV ads. Guess what. He was matched by a Republican Jewish Interesting, there was no hoo-hah about Joe Biden becoming the first Catholic since John F. Kennedy, and really, nothing in the election about that issue. Nice to know being Catholic in a predominantly Protestant (WASP) country doesn't matter much. 

Speaking of not mattering: Jews. Mike Bloomberg was pretty much laughed out of contention when he ran, and the reason was obvious. His religion. 

The best he could do was buy $100 million in TV ads in Florida to try and swing that state for Biden. Too bad. It didn't work.

The reason wasn't Sheldon Adelson, the 87 year-old Republican/Conservative loving billionaire who donated just as much as Bloomberg in Florida, and millions more around the country. Not that his benefactors like him or that his influence seems to have in any way affected the lives of Jewish-Americans in a positive way. Yeah, a few Republicans may vote for Israel because they like Adelson's donation money, but Jesus came from there, and Jon Voight and Pat Boone are for the country too.

Bloomberg's money was wasted in Florida, and not really because the ads from Adelson were an influence. The fact is, the Jews are a minority in Miami Beach, and fewer of this aging bunch leave their gated communities, since they are surrounded by drug addicts and lunatics. They aren't courted by real estate agents anymore because of the rising number of gated communities for rich WASPs like Trump. 

Let's remember it was over 60 years ago that Miami was a true tourist destination for Jews, and guys like Myron Cohen played The Fountainbleu (which was name-checked in an Allan Sherman song for being such a Jewish-oriented hotel). Disney, a noted anti-Semite, was long dead when they built up a Disney resort to help make Florida seem, well, less-Jewish! 

"Saturday Night Live" broadcast the night of Biden's finally-projected win. As usual, there was Alec Baldin to skewer Trump. But there was nary a joke on Biden (played by Jim Carrey), not even some good-natured kidding that "Sleepy Joe" managed to win while Rip Van Trump dozed and Tweeted in smug confidence. Harris was played by Maya Rudolph, who few know had a white father. (Well, not many know who her black mother was...singer Minnie Ripperton). Maya is of course always described as "black actress" or "black comedy star," and it'll be a long long time before race truly doesn't matter and describing people that way becomes un-PC.

It'll be a long time before anyone follows the notion of George Foreman. I read George's book. Early on, he wrote that he was NOT going to describe anyone who helped or hindered him by their race. Wanting to know the race of somebody else? "Ask yourself why that matters to you," wrote preacher George from Humble, Texas.   

The big grins of hope are for the Biden-Harris ticket to stop Covid, Global Warming, and bring more affirmative action to anyone of color. Meanwhile, who do you think had more hate crimes against them in New York City than any other minority? The Jews, by far. Clocking Orthodox Jews on the streets of Brooklyn is so common, along with swastika graffiti and other abuses, newspapers hardly cover it or bother to show the perps or ever follow-up to see if the perps were found much less sentenced. 

A Jewish candidate for Assembly in NYC had her offices spray painted, with antiSemitic notes -- TWICE. The story was mentioned by the Weisenthal Center, but ignored by the local NYC newspapers. Perhaps, singled out for being Jewish (despite a Gentle last name), it was no coincidence that in her election district, she struggled to win re-election while all the others running for local seats in congress, or wherever, breezed with no trouble and won by runaway margins.