The Red Dotted Subtribe

First off, I really enjoyed the short film by Tiffany Shlain. I thought, as a film, it had a powerful concluding question, it was entertaining and it made you think, it was funny, historical, and it started out with a clever usage of a chain email sent out quite a few years ago--around the year 2000.
And everything came at you quick so that you got the basic idea.

From my point of view, the movie discussed the stereotypes put on people who have Jewish beliefs and how they're views are often disrespected by non-cosmopolitans, such as in Vienna where they were forced to wear horned hats, or the pogroms on Russia.
"The glorification of celebrities creates a culture of insiders and outsiders.Throughout history, the Jewish tribe has been treated as outsiders."

I thought that in the beginning when the narrator tells how diamonds are made, that this phrase was very symbolic of the relationship between people with Jewish beliefs, and people with non-Jewish beliefs. Right after:
"Diamonds are formed when carbon is subjected to intense pressure over long periods of time," is said, the screen turns black and the flames falter out into silence. Then the music starts back up again and the film resumes merrily on its way. I think this emphasis was placed on the sentence for a reason. Maybe the theoretical "Diamond" is the perfect image that some people try to create by forcing this vision on others until they relinquish their beliefs or practices.

In a review, I read someone's view that the movie was made to explain how people with Jewish beliefs react to stereotypes about Jewish identity as well. In the film, it mentioned how Jewish people fell silent when talking about their religion.

"You don't look like your people. You don't act like your people." "Impossible, because you are your people."
And, I think, you make your own person.

Anderson, Annie . "'The Tribe' review." Venus Zine. 29 Jun. 2006. 24 Oct. 2008. https://www.venuszine.com/articles/art_and_culture/film/24/the_tribe_review.