I'm Jewish and have been told very angrily that I killed Jesus more than once. It's fun.

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[–] [S] 12 points 2 years ago (1 child)

I grew up in Indiana, not the south and yep, that's how it was in Indiana too. I was just on the receiving end.

Although admittedly "that's gay" was more common for something uncool, whereas if someone was trying to get you to lower a price on a sale, they were trying to "Jew you down." Which is something I heard at a garage sale several times, so that was nice.

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    Although admittedly “that’s gay” was more common for something uncool, whereas if someone was trying to get you to lower a price on a sale, they were trying to “Jew you down.” Which is something I heard at a garage sale several times, so that was nice.

    Holy shit, really? I always thought I lived in a shitty area for racism, but "Jew you down" was something that would get even someone's racist old grandfather horrified looks here.

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  • [–] [S] 5 points 2 years ago (2 children)

    Welcome to Indiana in the 80s and 90s.

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  • [–] 5 points 2 years ago (2 children)

    I don't think that was unique to Indiana. I grew up in New Jersey in the late 80s through the 90s and everything bad was gay and everything cheap was jew.

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  • [–] 0 points 2 years ago

    I grew up in New Jersey in the '80s and '90s as well, and I never heard anybody say that. Of course, there were a lot of Jewish people in my community, so they were pretty accepted.

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  • [–] 1 point 2 years ago (1 child)

    Southern Ontario checking in. We did that too. 'Gyped' and 'indian giver' were also things.
    Although, I had an indigenous friend one summer who quickly became popular because he was very funny. He used to use slurs against all of the white kids all of the time. It was the most effective anti racist tactic I've ever witnessed. None of us were comfortable using a lot of the slurs that were baked into our culture, unless it was with our friend and a smile.

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