GargantuanWitch t1_j5p1eva wrote on January 24, 2023 at 4:01 PM

Reply to comment by motociclista in School students in Sq Hill by soparklion

Yeah, you don't get to casually use the word "ghetto" when you are located in the actual Jewish center of the city. Sensei George should take a lesson in "reading the room."

[deleted] t1_j5pchar wrote on January 24, 2023 at 5:11 PM

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GargantuanWitch t1_j5pexq9 wrote on January 24, 2023 at 5:26 PM

Also, it's real weird that the argument seems to be whether or not this person offended Black people or Jews, and not "Maybe don't call a place a ghetto just because you feel like the neighborhood has the "wrong" people in it."

Phone_Representative t1_j5phteq wrote on January 24, 2023 at 5:43 PM

Or if you think racism is just about using the wrong words.

GargantuanWitch t1_j5pe89f wrote on January 24, 2023 at 5:22 PM

I don't think it's outrageous to expect that a business owner maybe understand the area where his business is located and not put his foot in his mouth by using a term that, at best, has racist connotations, and at worst, is the exact name that the people who didn't like Jews came up with to describe the place where they deserved to live.