I agree with Donald, it is not "funny," but for another reason. True, derogatory words belong in n one's vocabulary, but deleting them is only one satep - First one must lost the hate and prejudice behind them.
I was recently having dinner with friends, and someone brought along this book, from which we went around the room, doing "dramatic readings." I failed to see anything funny about it - and I said so. What is it that people find "funny"? The most base and crass behavior one associates with "Jews"? Many years ago William Helmreich wrote a book about sterotyping, and a major point was that behind sterotypes is a kernal of truth. Maybe so. But "Dick and Jane in Yiddish is, in the words of my late father, "... a good excuse for antisemitism"! P. Miller Messages and opinions expressed on Hasafran are those of the individual author and are not necessarily endorsed by the AJL =========================================================== Submissions for Ha-Safran, send to: Hasafran @ lists.acs.ohio-state.edu SUBscribing, SIGNOFF commands send to: Listproc @ lists.acs.ohio-state.edu Questions, problems, complaints, compliments;-) send to: galron.1 @ osu.edu Ha-Safran Archives: Current: http://www.mail-archive.com/hasafran%40lists.acs.ohio-state.edu/maillist.html History: http://www.mail-archive.com/hasafran%40lists.acs.ohio-state.edu/history.html AJL HomePage http://www.JewishLibraries.org
