There's some Jew in you

[lavendertook]

Coworker: And your pocketbook is purple, too!

Me: Yeah, I like it. I got it from the street vender up the block. I actually bargained him down for it.

Coworker: So you got some Jew in you.

Me: I AM Jewish.

*nervous giggle from her and other coworker*

Me: Watch that stereotype there.

*she goes to talk about other coworker about business and ignores me*

Comments

[moondancerdrake]

Ah hell, more fail in the air. And then when you tell them they just pretend not to hear ya anymore. Frikken clueless and want to stay that way.

[morgan_dhu]

Wow. That's a heaping shovelful of very unpleasant fail.

I hope that this person is not someone you have to work closely with.

[spiralsheep]

Ew. I've certainly encountered people who wouldn't dream of using obvious racial slurs against black people but who'll cheerfully use "jewish" for "mean" and it's not as if that's an obscure slur.

::hates on them for you::

[darkrose]

It would probably be inappropriate for you tell her that she clearly has some Stupid in her, wouldn't it?

[trouble]

I would be jaw-droppingly shocked (and am most definitely jaw-droppingly appalled) if I hadn't spent last summer working with someone who thought it was awesome to say (to the only Jewish person working on our floor) "Don't jew me!" over and over and over.

I'm so sorry you have to work with such an unmitigated ass.

[mererid]

What a willfully offensive and ignorant jackass. I'm sorry that you had to deal with such asshattery today. *hugshugshugs*

[lavendertook]

Yup, pretty much. Maybe I can get through to her that today's shooter would be happy to kill either one of us.

[lavendertook]

Yup, it is.

Not most directly, but close enough.

[lavendertook]

Well, she is black, so I hope she wouldn't, but you never know when Uncle Ruckus will pop up. As you know, experiencing one form of oppression doesn't mean you understand or aren't actively promoting another, and I actually hate when we expect of each other, "But you're X, how could you be -ist against Z? You should know better!" because we just let straight, white, able-bodied men off the hook that way, instead of demanding as much from them as we do from other oppressed people.

Thank you! *hugs*

[lavendertook]

Heee! It would have been fun, but it wouldn't have helped. (-; Oy.

[lavendertook]

Oy! How did that someone deal with this continued harrassment?

Thank you. *hugs* But since I don't always have my pants all the way on, we'll see if her pantsless state is temporary or her modus operandi--I don't really know yet.

[lavendertook]

It has been piling on lately from all different quarters, hasn't it? *hugshugshugshugs*

[crantz]

Ohhh dear.

[sophinisba]

Ugh, I'm really sorry she said that and that neither of them acknowledged when you called them on it. :(

[shirebound]

My mom gets SO angry when she hears that stereotype. I hope your coworkers' discomfort will keep them from using it again.

[lavendertook.livejournal.com]

I don't think she was particularly uncomfortable. Thank you for the support, hon! *hugs*

[belleferret.livejournal.com]

*smacks her for you*

--Belle, also Jewish and pissed

[anneheart.livejournal.com]

*hugs*

[brouhaha.livejournal.com]

Report her ass to HR. Wtf?! Who says something like that especially in a work situation??? *hug*

[delux-vivens.livejournal.com]

Heifer needs to siddown somewhere. Far from you.

[claudia603.livejournal.com]

*smacks your coworker hard until she gets some brains*

Ah, stereotypes, what would we do without them? /sarcasm

[supergee.livejournal.com]

When we hear about newly fashionable stupidities like transphobia, it is well to remember that the old stupidities never die.

*would reply with my "oy gevalt!" icon but it's only on my dw account*

[lavendertook.livejournal.com]

Thank you--you sure get tired of it. Hers definitely wasn't a good reaction when someone points out they were offended, and made me feel more spit upon. I did talk with my other coworker just now--she is aware it's "something you don't say at work", but I really don't know how she feels about Jews and antisemitism, but she knows I was upset and she is a very decent person, so we'll see what she does with it. I don't know the offending coworker as well, so will decide if I want to take on talking with her about it later.

[lavendertook.livejournal.com]

*hugshugshugs*

[sparkymonster.livejournal.com]

I think you should hit her with your handbag.