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| re: I don’t think racism was invented 400 years ago. | |
| Posted by: ryhog 09:24 pm EST 02/11/21 | |
| In reply to: re: I don’t think racism was invented 400 years ago. - Chromolume 09:04 pm EST 02/11/21 | |
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| I thought that when I read it but the perhaps-less-open-to-interpretation reason it's wrong is that Jew is not an adjective. | |
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| re: I don’t think racism was invented 400 years ago. | |
| Posted by: Chromolume 09:34 pm EST 02/11/21 | |
| In reply to: re: I don’t think racism was invented 400 years ago. - ryhog 09:24 pm EST 02/11/21 | |
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| Yes - I'd say that's the technical reason. But something about it also seems to make "jew" a pejorative, even if that was not meant. (And I'm sure it wasn't meant - but it was said regardless.) | |
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| re: I don’t think racism was invented 400 years ago. | |
| Posted by: ryhog 10:57 pm EST 02/11/21 | |
| In reply to: re: I don’t think racism was invented 400 years ago. - Chromolume 09:34 pm EST 02/11/21 | |
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| It struck me that way too. I think sometimes there are words that develop pejorative connotations from the way they are used by racists and that may be the case here. I've felt that way about how "gay" is sometimes used (e.g., "he's a gay" doesn't sit well whereas "he's gay" doesn't have the same connotation. I am also sure it was unintentional in this case. | |
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