“ In all seriousness, what is wrong with the word schwartze? To me it means a black person. I use that word when I talk Yiddish. What other word should I use? If anyone claims that it is a bad word, I'll stop using it immediately, but please tell me which word to use when referring to a person of color. ”

“ shvartze is just a description. i grew up using it to describe people with black skin. it was in now derogatory. ”

“ Uh oh. The Secret Service guys are coming. ”

“ mason didnt forget the last time he got in trouble before dinkins even became mayor calling him a "swartza wit a mustache?" what a yutz. the fact of the matter remains that obama is not only half black and half white, his white half is more white and more american than any of us american jews from eastern europe only one or two generations out.
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“ Would you folks like it if Chris Rock got up and did a routine about all the Hebes and Kikes in Congress? ”

“ Does any one remeber the word "cholera" like in shwartza cholera that is the yiddish eqivulant to the n. word
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“ mason didnt forget the last time he got in trouble before dinkins even became mayor calling him a "swartza wit a mustache?" what a yutz. the fact of the matter remains that obama is not only half black and half white, his white half is more white and more american than any of us american jews from eastern europe only one or two generations out.
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“ Does any one remeber the word "cholera" like in shwartza cholera that is the yiddish eqivulant to the n. word
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“ I grew up in the South. Nigger was an acceptable word to use in conversation. Should I keep using it in 2009 now that I moved to NYC because that's how I was raised? My daddy meant nothing bad by it. He even used to bring fried chicken to his elderly tenants on rent day because they enjoyed it. No kidding. Go figure. ”

“ you got some learning to do. obama is not white or american. he is black and not even born in this country ”

“ The words nigger and negro also just mean black. Nobody's disputing what the word shvartze means "literally". But in today's society these epithets are no longer considered acceptable among polite society. You shoud call people whatever they wish to be called, and refrain from calling them what they don't wish to be called. I suspect that those commenters who keep repeating that "shvartze just means black" are deliberately skirting the issue. We, as Jews, who have experienced so much discrimination, should be more sensitive in this area. ”

“ The words nigger and negro also just mean black. Nobody's disputing what the word shvartze means "literally". But in today's society these epithets are no longer considered acceptable among polite society. You shoud call people whatever they wish to be called, and refrain from calling them what they don't wish to be called. I suspect that those commenters who keep repeating that "shvartze just means black" are deliberately skirting the issue. We, as Jews, who have experienced so much discrimination, should be more sensitive in this area. ”

“ you got some learning to do. obama is not white or american. he is black and not even born in this country ”

“ Just for your record, Chris Rock regularly does routines about whiles, Jews, Italians and others and nobody gets bent out of shape. Its about time that blacks and liberal fools like you get a life. Go Jackie! ”

“ his mother who bore him is more white and more authentic american than any of us. no matter where she gave birth. ”

“ Anyone who is offended by the word Schwartze, needs to get a life.

It is the ONLY non-derogatory word I know in Yiddish for black person.

The other choice are:

Tinkile - meaning "Dark one" or "Darkie"
Fekete - The Hungarian equivalent of the "N" word
Shuchoir - Just the Hebrew word for black, sometimes used derogatorily.

Heck, one can say "African American" in a voice tone of derision also.

It all goes in the context and voice tone.

But, just as there are people who through no fault of their own are hypersentive to certain innocent food, like milk, tree nuts, peanuts, etc., ant can go into shock from contact with them..... they call it an allergy.
So, there are some people who are allergic to words which describe people they are hypersensitive about. So, some people are allergic to the word "Schwarze".

Maybe in they simply put an allergy sign outside:

Notice: This comedy routine contains the following words: Schwarza, Yiddine, Yenta, milk, tree nuts.,

I mean... my G-d.... what are we supposed to call them in Yiddish?
I always thought Schwarza was the most innocent of the labels. ”

“ It is derogatory, stop kidding yourselves. As a Sefardia I take particular offense at it. So because Chris Rock uses derogatory terms against whites we should ok the practice of racial epithtets? We're supposed to be a Light to the Nations not follow their despicable practices. "Everyone does it" is the worst excuse in the book to do anything. ”

“ Here is the nub of the problem: "You shoud call people whatever they wish to be called, and refrain from calling them what they don't wish to be called." Why? What gives someone the right to dictate to me what I must call him?
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“ People who are Yiddish speakers, who have that word in their language, meaning a black person, should be allowed to use it. I think that same word is used in German actually, which is where the Yiddish word came from. Why are there no demands that the German people and language stop using it?

Political correctness gone amok.

Even if you say that times have changed and that the Yiddish and German language must change due to modern American PC notions, older people like Jackie, who grew up in another era, should be grandfathered into the previous language freedom of expression and be allowed to use them. ”

“ Because the Torah isn't about rights, it is about responsibilities. And one of those responsibilities is to treat others the way we would want to be treated, especially when we are guests in their land. Ingratitude is one of the worst midot. ”

“ shvartze is just a description. i grew up using it to describe people with black skin. it was in now derogatory. ”

“ My English German dictionary:

African-American also Afro-American : der Schwarze (ein Schwarzer)| die Schwartze ”

“ And Chris Rock is our model for midot?

It is time *we* got a life. The term is offensive when used in English. As a minority who have been subject to more than our share of persecutions, we of all people should be sensitive to what others think. Especially since the families of most African Americans were here in America a hundred years before the families of most American Jews. We are *their* guests, not the other way around. ”

“ Is there a chill running up your leg, chuchem? ”

“ Would you folks like it if Chris Rock got up and did a routine about all the Hebes and Kikes in Congress? ”

“ Here is the nub of the problem: "You shoud call people whatever they wish to be called, and refrain from calling them what they don't wish to be called." Why? What gives someone the right to dictate to me what I must call him?
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“ How do I know where *you* were born? The person who started the lie about Obama's birth is one of the most notorious anti-Semites in America, someone who ran for public office on a platform of ending "Jew Power". Are you really a Jew or are you yourself an anti-Semitic troll from Stormfront? ”

“ It is derogatory, stop kidding yourselves. As a Sefardia I take particular offense at it. So because Chris Rock uses derogatory terms against whites we should ok the practice of racial epithtets? We're supposed to be a Light to the Nations not follow their despicable practices. "Everyone does it" is the worst excuse in the book to do anything. ”

“ The words nigger and negro also just mean black. Nobody's disputing what the word shvartze means "literally". But in today's society these epithets are no longer considered acceptable among polite society. You shoud call people whatever they wish to be called, and refrain from calling them what they don't wish to be called. I suspect that those commenters who keep repeating that "shvartze just means black" are deliberately skirting the issue. We, as Jews, who have experienced so much discrimination, should be more sensitive in this area. ”

“ Can I say shiksa and Sheigitz? are those word assur according to american political correct law? ”

“ Anyone who is offended by the word Schwartze, needs to get a life.

It is the ONLY non-derogatory word I know in Yiddish for black person.

The other choice are:

Tinkile - meaning "Dark one" or "Darkie"
Fekete - The Hungarian equivalent of the "N" word
Shuchoir - Just the Hebrew word for black, sometimes used derogatorily.

Heck, one can say "African American" in a voice tone of derision also.

It all goes in the context and voice tone.

But, just as there are people who through no fault of their own are hypersentive to certain innocent food, like milk, tree nuts, peanuts, etc., ant can go into shock from contact with them..... they call it an allergy.
So, there are some people who are allergic to words which describe people they are hypersensitive about. So, some people are allergic to the word "Schwarze".

Maybe in they simply put an allergy sign outside:

Notice: This comedy routine contains the following words: Schwarza, Yiddine, Yenta, milk, tree nuts.,

I mean... my G-d.... what are we supposed to call them in Yiddish?
I always thought Schwarza was the most innocent of the labels. ”

“ genius. what we mean by pointing out that shvartza means BLACK is that it is the english equivalent to BLACK. And the same way there is nothing wrong saying black. There is also no prob. with saying shvartze because they are USED the same way.

Now of course you can say black and be deragatory, but it doesn't MEAN bad,neither does shvartze ”

“ When I'll order a black coffee, I will say, " Can I please have an African American coffee? I'm afraid to use the word "Black" I'll be called a racist. ”

“ that was sooooo good.. thanks for the laugh!!!
if u say that at starbucks,,then they will think u r a racist !!! ”

“ My English German dictionary:

African-American also Afro-American : der Schwarze (ein Schwarzer)| die Schwartze ”

“ jews using germans to justify their racism. . .wow ”

“ the only people who keep defending the words use are the ones who want to use and and need to use it as a derogatory term in everyday conversation. its offensive and mason knows it. ”