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Originally Posted by LegalChef
Maybe it's me, but I don't see the anti-Semitism in calling Jewish people 'diamond merchants.' I don't see how that phrase is demeaning. It sounds like a great occupation to me. I wouldn't say it though if I knew that it offended people of Jewish descent. So, IF that statement has been substantiated , I have no problem aquiescing to you on that point. Sorry to say my trust in Wiki is not bedrock.
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"Diamond merchants" isn't a reference to an occupation.
It's a symbolic reference to the stereotype of Jews. But you've conceded that it is a potentially offensive reference. Not inherently racist on the part of Sharpton but bigoted and potentially offensive.