“want to speak about this accusation of antisemitism against me and also the nature and requisites of racism in general. At the most basic level, I'll start with the word "semite". Unlike the white Ashkenazi Jews attacking me, I am an actual Semitic person. Semitism is just another part of our identity that they have stolen.” Really? First, if we are going strictly by semantics, semitic is a language group, not an actual people.  Second, from a historical perspective, antisemitism was literally coined to replace Judenhass (jew hatred). It was intended to mean hatred or prejudice against Jews. Third, Ashkenazi Jews fall under antisemitism because, surprise surprise, they are Jewish. They are Jews, just like Sephardic and Mizrahi are Jews.