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Originally posted by ADPiViolets
Jesse Jackson says all Jews live in Heine-Town, and no one blinks an eye.
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ADPiViolets, Jesse Jackson was raked over the coals for this, and for the record, it was (pardon my French) hymie-town, not heine-town. And he didn't say "all Jews live in h-town", he was referring to a political stop in New York City, which has a very large Jewish population, hence the "h-town" reference.
The difference is, Jesse Jackson was not an elected official who claimed to represent the views of all Americans. He was running for president at the time, but had never been elected to any other office. Jackson apologized profusely, and his gaffe cost him a great deal of support at the Democratic convention that year (1984).
To this day, relations between Jesse Jackson and the Jewish community are strained at best, hostile if people are being honest, and rightly so.
I remember all of this vividly because I was actually old enough to be interested when this happened.
