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'"Black guys counting my money! I hate it. The only kind of people I want counting my money are little short guys that wear yarmulkes every day." (Trump called

by bcg1 10y ago

'"Black guys counting my money! I hate it. The only kind of people I want counting my money are little short guys that wear yarmulkes every day." (Trump called the things written about him in the book "probably true.")' http://www.rollingstone.com/politics/news/8-of-the-sleaziest-things-donald-trump-has-said-20150616?page=2 http://www.rollingstone.com/politics/news/8-of-the-sleaziest... Also Trump was the President of the Trump organization when the DOJ fined the company for illegal housing discrimination, doing things like marking the lease applications of African Americans with a 'C' for 'Colored' so that they would know not to rent to them.

MichaelGG 10y ago
That sounds more pro-Jewish than anti-black.
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- bcg1 10y ago
  You might want to look into whether or not your understanding of the concept of racism comports with its actual definition.
- morgante 10y ago
  > The only kind of people I want counting my money are little short guys that wear yarmulkes every day. This is not a pro-Jewish statement. It's a textbook anti-semite stereotype.
  - MichaelGG 10y ago
    How is it anti? It's a positive stereotype.
    - morgante 10y ago
      I'm done here. If you really cannot understand how stereotyping an entire ethnicity as short money-counters is offensive, you are far beyond help. I should have figured that from the start. It depresses me that such retrograde, Nazi-level antisemitism is tolerated on Hacker News. As a Jew, I am offended. And I'm the group who that statement is supposed to "flatter." Think of the Black accountants who Trump apparently thinks are incompetent purely due to the color of their skin. This shit belongs in the 1940s, not 2016.
      - bcg1 10y ago
        Most people can see exactly who these people are, so leaving their comments up provides everyone with a persistent proof of their character.
        MichaelGG 10y ago
        The person that said the quote about which financial people he wants has Jewish grandkids. I hardly think that is "Nazi level" and I don't mind having my comment up.
  - patrickg_zill 10y ago
    Technically it is a reference only to Orthodox Jews, who wear their yarmulkes to work. Secular (non-religious or atheist or whatever) and Reform (not sure about Conservative, but I think they don't wear yarmulkes to work) Jews wouldn't be included. I know both Jews who would laugh and those who would be offended by it.

by bcg1 10y ago

MichaelGG 10y ago

That sounds more pro-Jewish than anti-black.

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bcg1 10y ago
You might want to look into whether or not your understanding of the concept of racism comports with its actual definition.
morgante 10y ago
> The only kind of people I want counting my money are little short guys that wear yarmulkes every day. This is not a pro-Jewish statement. It's a textbook anti-semite stereotype.
- MichaelGG 10y ago
  How is it anti? It's a positive stereotype.
  - morgante 10y ago
    I'm done here. If you really cannot understand how stereotyping an entire ethnicity as short money-counters is offensive, you are far beyond help. I should have figured that from the start. It depresses me that such retrograde, Nazi-level antisemitism is tolerated on Hacker News. As a Jew, I am offended. And I'm the group who that statement is supposed to "flatter." Think of the Black accountants who Trump apparently thinks are incompetent purely due to the color of their skin. This shit belongs in the 1940s, not 2016.
    - bcg1 10y ago
      Most people can see exactly who these people are, so leaving their comments up provides everyone with a persistent proof of their character.
      - MichaelGG 10y ago
        The person that said the quote about which financial people he wants has Jewish grandkids. I hardly think that is "Nazi level" and I don't mind having my comment up.
- patrickg_zill 10y ago
  Technically it is a reference only to Orthodox Jews, who wear their yarmulkes to work. Secular (non-religious or atheist or whatever) and Reform (not sure about Conservative, but I think they don't wear yarmulkes to work) Jews wouldn't be included. I know both Jews who would laugh and those who would be offended by it.