He believes they can always be one and the same. It's a very traditional liberals boomer view
He probably also was raised to believe that jews are just a subset of white people and not an entirely different group altogether. The fact that a lot of them have pale skin is why it is so difficult to get people to get out of that mindset.
Worst of all too (because I know his type irl) is he'll see how so many jews are in positions of power, have wealth and are a dominant force so he'll consider jews just "really smart and competent people" instead of realizing they're just highly nationalistic and discriminate against non-jews, while also being criminals and using underhanded tactics most White people would never do in order to get ahead.
He probably also was raised to believe that jews are just a subset of white people and not an entirely different group altogether. The fact that a lot of them have pale skin is why it is so difficult to get people to get out of that mindset.
Worst of all too (because I know his type irl) is he'll see how so many jews are in positions of power, have wealth and are a dominant force so he'll consider jews just "really smart and competent people" instead of realizing they're just highly nationalistic and discriminate against non-jews, while also being criminals and using underhanded tactics most White people would never do in order to get ahead.