“My language is [American English]. My culture, my attainments are [North Eastern American]. I considered myself [American] intellectually, until I noticed the growth of anti-Semitic prejudice in [the United States]. Since that time, I consider myself no longer a[n American]. I prefer to call myself a Jew.”
Truth be told, I noticed the trend towards racist fascism almost two decades ago, and the historical bigotry upon which that trend is built has been known to me since my youth. Antisemitism found fertile ground in the old prejudices of the New World.
But I feel you, Siggy.
H/t Rivka Hellendall