Ashkenormativity

English

Etymology

Blend of Ashkenazi +‎ normativity.

Noun

Ashkenormativity (uncountable)

1. The assumption that Jews are Ashkenazi Jews by default, and that Ashkenazi culture is the culture of Judaism at large.
   • 2021, Caitlyn Rose Campana, Sephardi Identity & Legitimacy in the Age of Direct-to-Consumer DNA Tests‎^[1] (thesis), Miami: Florida International University, →OCLC, page 46:

     Moreover, Sephardi communities have not been the subjects of enough studies, genetics-based or otherwise. Their titular exclusion from some DTC DNA testing companies' reference population lists helps perpetuate an already socially existent Ashkenormativity […]

   • 2022, Hen Mazzig, The Wrong Kind of Jew: A Mizrahi Manifesto‎^[2], New York: Wicked Son, →ISBN:

     While I do believe that Ashkenormativity has been a detriment to the Mizrahi people and Jews of color, it shouldn't be so much to ask for a world in which all voices are heard and respected.

Related terms

• Ashkenormative