Is It Okay to Say "Jew"?

On the Media | Apr 28, 2017

In the words of comedian Louis C.K., “Jew” is both the polite thing to call a group of people and a slur. The dodgy associations with this word, accumulated over centuries of anti-Semitism, have rendered “Jewish” the preferable, safer term. Writing in the New York Times, Mark Oppenheimer argues that this verbal bias is evident in presidential speeches and everyday conversation among Jews and non-Jews alike. He speaks with Brooke about the history of the term and why Jews need not shy away from it.

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