Donald Trump uses antisemitic term to describe bankers, drawing criticism
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The president made the remark at a rally launching his yearlong celebration of America’s 250th birthday.

Shylock is a fictional Jewish money-lender invented by Shakespeare.

The story ends when Shylock is defeated and forced to abandon Judaism.

Source: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Shylock

  • OccamsRazer@lemmy.world
    12·
    18 hours ago

    What if he used a term for crooked bankers to describe crooked bankers and didn’t consider that it propagated harmful stereotypes?

    • Glytch@lemmy.world
      2·
      16 hours ago

      Then he was negligently being antisemitic. The result is the same: harmful stereotypes propagated due to his choice of words and his failure to consider them more carefully.