"Don't worry, I'm not going to Jew You!"

"Don't worry, I'm not going to Jew You!" 

 

By Joel Leyden

I heard about this expression being used but until today no one ever said it to!

At a bank today a teller was giving me some cash and while counting it she lifted her head up and said: "don't worry, I'm not going to Jew you."
I wasn't quite sure that I heard what I heard correctly. I responded: "sorry, I didn't hear you." 

She then said quite clearly: "I said that don't worry, I'm not going to Jew you."

I now thought, let it go, don't make a big deal out of it ... or hey Capt. Joel - this racist shit transcends Jenin, Gaza and Rahmallah. Being somewhere outside of Boston in a rural community, they would never guess that they just spoke to a Jew.  After all, we must be like less than 1% of the population here.  This ain't Tel Aviv or New York. 

"You know, Bill Gates and Warren Buffet are not Jewish and they own half the world," I noted. 

She then realized that she said the wrong thing to the wrong person. 

I continued: "I am sure that you did not mean anything wrong by what you said, it's just how people talk around here. But if you ever said this to a Jew, I am sure that it could really offend them. 

She could not be more apologetic. 

"Sorry, I am really sorry." Then to break the tension she said: "OK, I am not going to Obama you."

 

With that we both laughed. 

But hey, this racist shit really goes on in the US. They don't use rocks, Katushas and suicide bombers ... but hate speech. 

I beg of you, never hesitate  to correct when hearing a racist remark. 

These people are ignorant until made aware of what they are doing. ... after all, she must have been related to Katy Perry's father!  ;>