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Claudia Sheinbaum is about to become México's 1st jewish president. How improbable is this?
Not only are the 59k jews in Mexico less than 0.05% of the 129 million total population (not even 1 full soccer stadium!)--over half of them live in just one single area: Mexico State/Mexico City!
Furthermore, 76% of Mexicans are Catholic. I lived there for a year & a half, knocking on thousands of doors & entering thousands of homes: nearly everyone--rich or poor--has a Virgin Mary picture &/or shrine in their house. Judaism is a totally foreign belief system to theirs. The *vast majority* of Mexicans don't even know a jew.
But maybe she's just been a great leader, who's really won the hearts & minds of her "fellow Mexicans," right? Well, her 2 most notable achievements as mayor are: (1) becoming the first mayor of Mexico City to attend the Pride Parade & (2) mandating all school uniforms be unisex. I'm sure these 2 accomplishments really resonated with the 76% Catholic population of Mexico!
Not only does Claudia Sheinbaum come from an *extremely* small group of people--concentrated mostly in one single area, with a completely alien belief system from the rest of the Mexico--she's also going to be the first *female* president of Mexico.
First female & first jew--ever. Very improbable indeed.
I wonder what "reforms" she'll implement during her administration?
Mike