Racist or not?...you make the call.

[InchoateHand]

You were educated stupid at university then.

eavesdropping is mad niggerish.

[Hamish McBagpipe]

I didn't say that "race" wasn't a social or mental and therefore arbitrary designation, clownshoe, so what's yer problem?

"Races" are not sub-species.

[Toro]

I voted racist because I think people use it derogatorily. But isn't it really a compliment in that it actually means that you think jewish people are excellent negotiators?

'Jewish'is not a race - it is a religious belief

[LittleOldLady]

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I find that like the term "nigger-rig"

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What does this term mean?

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I've also heard the term be used as the less offensive "jerry rig"



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The word is jury-rigged, and it's a reference to rigging procedures on sailing vessels. Why that should in any way be even the slightest bit offensive, I have no clue.

"Jew me down" is, however, offensive. It does stereotype a minority, and saying that one did not intend to be offensive is not a defense. Insensitivity and lack of awareness do not earn people points.

This reminds me of an incident in the Netherlands. I was up in Friesland with a Dutch friend of mine (from the Brabant in the south of the Netherlands). We had just parked the car, when a gentleman approached us and said that parking was a guilder (about fifty cents at the time) cheaper down the block. As he got back into the car, my friend started in on how cheap and stingy the Frisians are, and I said, "But, Jack, YOU are moving the car."

[RunDownHouse]

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See, I really think this is deserving of an insta-ban. I know my opinion means next-to-nothing to the mods, but I don't foresee great things in this poster's future.

[private joker]

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'Jewish'is not a race - it is a religious belief

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See, I really think this is deserving of an insta-ban. I know my opinion means next-to-nothing to the mods, but I don't foresee great things in this poster's future.

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I hear ya, but I have had many experiences with well-meaning people who say things like this out of total ignorance. People raised in lily-white WASP communities who have had very few relationships with Jews are often under the misconception that to be Jewish only refers to your religion. They simply don't understand the ethnic background and traditional cultural heritage that goes beyond religious beliefs.

I forgive these people their ignorance and don't think they mean any harm when they say such ill-informed things like "Jewish isn't a race, just a religious belief." Well, technically it's not a race but it is an ethnicity and a culture of its own.

[RunDownHouse]

Sorry for being confusing. He deserves an insta-ban because that point has been debated pretty thoroughly over the past few pages, yet he flies in and posts a one-line response that clearly indicates he hasn't read any of the thread.

[Hamish McBagpipe]

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"Jewish isn't a race, just a religious belief." Well, technically it's not a race but it is an ethnicity and a culture of its own.

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So, there is the religion of Judaism and there is the ethnic group of Jewish people with a distinct culture. But it is not a race as the term has been historically used. The only problem is "just". As a unique ethnic group (and therefore culture) with it's own religion I can see how this kind of ignorance can be offensive.