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Ouch. My grandmother of

Bruce Levine — Tue, 26 Feb 2013 17:33:22 +0000

In reply to OMFG! I thought Jews in blackface died with Al Jolson.

Ouch. My grandmother of blessed memory would probably say in her yiddish/english that this is not good for the Jews! And Hikind, where is his head at? The guy is an embarrassment and, as a legislator in Brookly, should really know better. Shame.

Dov Hikind's excuse: 'I was

MrSmith1 — Tue, 26 Feb 2013 14:50:41 +0000

In reply to OMFG! I thought Jews in blackface died with Al Jolson.

Dov Hikind's excuse: 'I was just, I think, I was trying to emulate, you know, maybe some of these basketball players' ... 'I can’t imagine anyone getting offended.'

Hikind has been around NYC politics since the early 80's.

This kind of offensive stuff coming from him doesn't really surprise me, but it does make me wonder, what the f*ck was he thinking ... Does he think that his district is so heavily made up of Orthodox Jews that no-one in his district will care about this display of racism or maybe he thinks it will actually enhance his image amongst his Conservative Orthodox Jewish base.

Whatever he was thinking, in reality, it was just plain dumb.

This: It was bad enough we

Orion — Tue, 26 Feb 2013 12:51:04 +0000

In reply to OMFG! I thought Jews in blackface died with Al Jolson.

This:

It was bad enough we had to report on T Magazine's glaring lack of diversity in its relaunch issue, which was followed with an apology from its Editor-in-Chief Deborah Needleman.

Now comes this racially-insensitive gem. Jezebel's Laura Beck has pointed out Numéro magazine's use of a highly bronzed white model in one of its fashion editorials entitled "African Queen."

We'll give you a moment to process that information and pick up your jaws.

Haman A lesson for all, who

Resistance — Mon, 25 Feb 2013 23:14:55 +0000

In reply to Well, there is that recurrent

Haman

A lesson for all, who think they are the high and mighty. Arrogance and humility

A lesson Pharaoh learned the hard way too; don't fight the Hebrew God.

Purim - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

Interesting material under the heading

Purim narrative

Haman did try to kill the Jews and the present day Haman class, continues their hatred and rivalry, not to be satisfied, until the Jews bow down to them.

An old conflict.

Well, there is that recurrent

jollyroger — Mon, 25 Feb 2013 22:11:05 +0000

In reply to No. It was Purim. Something

Well, there is that recurrent theme in Jewish festivals "They tried to kill us, we're still here, let's eat!". Maybe the klan guy was a stand in for Hamen (sp?).

No. It was Purim. Something

EmmaZahn — Mon, 25 Feb 2013 22:07:49 +0000

In reply to I doubt you mean the Purim

No. It was Purim. Something about being the wicked man. I do not know much about Purim celebrations and am not really all that interested but the caption caught me by surprise and so I read it a couple of times.

I doubt you mean the Purim

jollyroger — Mon, 25 Feb 2013 21:35:53 +0000

In reply to Was that the same party that

I doubt you mean the Purim party, so you must mean the "homeless themed" gathering. I believe that I do recollect something like that, but it could be the drugs...

Was that the same party that

EmmaZahn — Mon, 25 Feb 2013 21:25:46 +0000

In reply to OMFG! I thought Jews in blackface died with Al Jolson.

Was that the same party that had someone dressed as a klansman?