These common phrases have surprisingly racist origins
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GodsPerspective
Superstar
No... they actually are talking about Jews. At least the original meaning was.
Did you know the word slave is derived from Slavic people's (Russians and eastern Europeans)?
They were taken as slaves in such large amounts that this word was designated to them.
You have to remember that race is a recent phenomenon and that before this, everyone would discriminate based on things such s region, religious affiliatios, etc... not just the color of ones skin.
Quiet Magician
Superstar
In case you don't want to watch the video
Indian giver
Long time no see
No can do
It's so ghetto
The peanut Gallery
What a gyp
Call a spade a spade
Indian giver
Long time no see
No can do
It's so ghetto
The peanut Gallery
What a gyp
Call a spade a spade
Taadow
The StarchBishop™️
Yeah...and people didn't use that colloquially until fairly recently - long after the Jews were confined to Warsaw.
As a matter of fact, that SNL sketch they used wasn't talking about stuff Jewish people did/do.
KravenMorehead™
Barrel Brothers.®
I can't see the vid. Is "picnic" one of the words?
Everyone knows that Ghetto ORIGINATED as a label for Jewish enclaves, but that's not how it's used in modern times.
1970s HeRon Flow
Takin Penitentiary Chances
I have never heard anyone use peanut gallery before,learn something new everyday
