I don't GET anti-semitic remarks

[Anonymous]

I think the PP who made a distinction between being aware of anti-Semitic or racist remarks, and actually hearing them, had a good point. I am Jewish, went to a Christian day school, and have always been aware of reports of anti-Semitic comments in the media - but I was well into college (at a school with 40% Jewish student body, btw) before I ever heard one personally. And it wasn't a nasty word, it was a somewhat innocent, though ignorant, question about why Jews had influence beyond their numbers in various spheres.

And as for the PP who said no one was ever denied a job due to anti-Semitism, or that there was no material effect - read your US history. Jews were routinely denied jobs, places at universities, admission to public places, etc from the 1920s to the 1960s. There are famous signs from the 1940s or 50s, posted on public swimming pools - "no Jews, n*****s, or dogs." So yes, anti-Semitism is real, and it is a problem.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote: Jews were routinely denied jobs, places at universities, admission to public places, etc from the 1920s to the 1960s. There are famous signs from the 1940s or 50s, posted on public swimming pools - "no Jews, n*****s, or dogs." So yes, anti-Semitism is real, and it is a problem.

Wow, just like the African Americans?

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Anonymous wrote:Stop the presses. "Jip/jipped" is derogatory?

"Gypped" is a slur against Gypsies.

http://www.urbandictionary.com/iphone/#define?term=gypped

Yes, and there are lots of the Romani around to get pissed about it when you use this term.

Well, a lot of Gypsies didn't survive Auschwitz. Way to go on cultural sensitivity.

Just because an ethnic group suffered past harms should not mean nothing bad can ever be said about them again. The expression "Gypped" came about for a reason. The Romani people have no scruples about being thieves. That is a bad thing. And I refuse to be "culturally sensitive" about it.

Is this the Euro-Racist from the Galliano thread talking? 'Cause she really, really shouldn't. Every time she taps the keys something vile results!

Yep, it's her. I saw her spit on the ground after she screamed at "gypsies" who were soliciting her property for lawn care work. She gave them the evil eye and may have boiled a bunny.

[Anonymous]

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And as for the PP who said no one was ever denied a job due to anti-Semitism, or that there was no material effect - read your US history. Jews were routinely denied jobs, places at universities, admission to public places, etc from the 1920s to the 1960s. There are famous signs from the 1940s or 50s, posted on public swimming pools - "no Jews, n*****s, or dogs." So yes, anti-Semitism is real, and it is a problem.

Read it again. It says "in this generation". YOU'RE talking about the culture of 50 years ago. History's all well and good, but try living in the present day.

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And as for the PP who said no one was ever denied a job due to anti-Semitism, or that there was no material effect - read your US history. Jews were routinely denied jobs, places at universities, admission to public places, etc from the 1920s to the 1960s. There are famous signs from the 1940s or 50s, posted on public swimming pools - "no Jews, n*****s, or dogs." So yes, anti-Semitism is real, and it is a problem.

Read it again. It says "in this generation". YOU'RE talking about the culture of 50 years ago. History's all well and good, but try living in the present day.

In 1989 I applied for a social work job in Covington, Ky. I was asked about the ethnicity of my last name. It's not even a "Jewish name" by stereotype. I told them it was Eastern European. The interviewer asked me outright if I was Jewish. It was extremely uncomfortable. After that, the whole tone of the interview changed. I was asked questions such as "Does your being Jewish mean that you can't do --" (things like work weekends and evenings). The rest of the interview seemed to be about my religion. I never heard back from this place and would never have accepted a job there.