Ha ha, oh wow.

[boobiebar]

This didn't happen to me, but to the current doorgirl who I am friends with. This is also sort of an ongoing story.

Comments

[marveen]

I'm afraid I don't get it.

[todief0r]

Jews are stereotyped to be greedy, stingy accountants with massive noses.

[perial]

The historical background on this is both interesting and disturbing. Both Christians and Moslems have some religious restrictions on what they can do with money (e.g. not charge interest), which the Jews never had. So when "good Christians" needed to borrow money, they'd go to the Jews. Then when either the Jews grew rich enough on this that the local rulers saw a chance for gold, or religious fervor swept the land, the Jews would be accused of heresy for allowing this and be persecuted (and their assets probably confiscated). Thus the stereotype of being greedy accountants.

As for stingy, I would venture a guess that they seemed that way because they didn't spend their money on the flambouyancy that was otherwise common through the ages.

Dunno about the noses.

[greeneyedtengu]

I seem to remember something one of my professors said as an aside about the 'big nose' thing having to deal with certain era's portrayals of evil in paintings.

Anyone evil- demons, the devil, etc-- is usually portrayed with a large nose b/c there are few eras in Christianity's rule where a large nose is considered lovely. The outsides _must_ reflect the insides for most of these eras, so if you were ugly-- bulging eyes, large nose, high hairline-- you were evil. So Jews were portrayed with large noses in paintings/woodcuts/sketches as propaganda to help show how evil the moneylenders were.

This sounds good... but could be a load of crapola. It was a history class... So 50/50 chance.

[todief0r]

I wonder what would happen if she gave him a turd in a box everytime he came in -- You know, what with him being an asshole and all.

[blith]

so glad i didn't have pop in my mouth when i read this. it made me giggle.

[todief0r]

Yanno, I've found most things that involve the word "turd" are usually worth at LEAST a chuckle. :D

[blith]

yes well, that and combined with your clone high icons make me giggle every time! oh ghandi...

[butterbuns]

oy.

[kshandra]

With a generous side of gevalt.

[quaryn_dk]

And a heapin' helpin' of vey.

[stokerbramwell]

...I...what?

[thatsnakegirl]

this.

[mspotamus]

Honestly, I sort of think it's funny, especially the change counter! He probably thinks it's funny, too, and feels like it's a sort of "in-joke" between them. Being able to laugh at the stereotypes of your own ethnicity (both true and untrue) is a virtue.

I'm Native American, and my boyfriend jokingly tells me to "get back to the reservation where I came from", etc., all the time. It's not a big deal.

[boobiebar]

I disagree. She was a good sport about the change thing, but he's a racist jackass and there's no way around that.

And ftr, my husband is NA as well, and I'd not dare to say that to him, because that's fucked up.

It may not be a big deal to you, and that's fine, but it's a big deal to her, and not right either way.

[mspotamus]

Well, has she spoken to him about it?

[boobiebar]

Of course. He doesn't care if she's upset, you see, because he's a racist jackass.