See how far we’ve come by laughing it up to this 1977 clip starring comedian Richard Pryor. (Fun fact: One of Pryor’s daughter, Rain, is a Jew by birth of mixed race.)
I think at one point it was considered a negative thing to be called a jewess. there was a lot of negativity to the phrase but i read somewhere that it’s being reinterpreted differently by the current generation.
It is really interesting to see how far we have come; but it also reminds us of the sentiments that are still present out there in America. I was born [a few years] after that short, but I really like how in the 1960s and 70s people of all types were making the efforts to explore this stuff (back then you had <>Roots<> shown on prime time, network TV; today we have BET; but it can largely be ignored by those who want to). Nowadays people think “I voted for Obama, of course I’m not racist!”
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rain, a mixed race jewess. wow, in my mind this lady is so beautiful, i can just see it.
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is it considered offensive to call a jewish chick a jewess? i think it’s such a romantic term. but if so, i apologize.
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I think at one point it was considered a negative thing to be called a jewess. there was a lot of negativity to the phrase but i read somewhere that it’s being reinterpreted differently by the current generation.
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It is really interesting to see how far we have come; but it also reminds us of the sentiments that are still present out there in America. I was born [a few years] after that short, but I really like how in the 1960s and 70s people of all types were making the efforts to explore this stuff (back then you had <>Roots<> shown on prime time, network TV; today we have BET; but it can largely be ignored by those who want to). Nowadays people think “I voted for Obama, of course I’m not racist!”
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