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Originally Posted by LegalChef
As for the second comment, I'll reserve judgement on that until I observe the context of the statement. 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.
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I know Chaos already addressed this, but I think there might be another way to explain it - it's actually very similar to depicting black males as having abnormally large penises, in that it relies on a stereotype (ostensibly of something positive) to extend a bigoted portrayal that goes beyond the simple 'positive' feature.
For Jews, it's a symbolic way to bring up usury and the associated problems with those stereotypes.
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