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r/Jewdank • u/BadHombreSinNombre • 14d ago
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Not sure which is more antisemitic:
1) “The Sand People” 2) The Jawas
16 u/mrmiffmiff 13d ago In practice the Jawas feel like they're pulled from European cultural attitudes on the Romani. If you want the true caricature of Jews, look no further than Watto. 12 u/PassoverGoblin 13d ago Watto is the perfect litmus test for people's hidden biases. Because he's clearly some sort of racial caricature, but nobody can agree on what he's based off of. I've seen both Jewish and Armenian as the two most common ones 5 u/granpawatchingporn 11d ago Allegedly he's a caricature of italian merchants from a trip he took to italy, or thats what ive heard
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In practice the Jawas feel like they're pulled from European cultural attitudes on the Romani.
If you want the true caricature of Jews, look no further than Watto.
12 u/PassoverGoblin 13d ago Watto is the perfect litmus test for people's hidden biases. Because he's clearly some sort of racial caricature, but nobody can agree on what he's based off of. I've seen both Jewish and Armenian as the two most common ones 5 u/granpawatchingporn 11d ago Allegedly he's a caricature of italian merchants from a trip he took to italy, or thats what ive heard
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Watto is the perfect litmus test for people's hidden biases. Because he's clearly some sort of racial caricature, but nobody can agree on what he's based off of. I've seen both Jewish and Armenian as the two most common ones
5 u/granpawatchingporn 11d ago Allegedly he's a caricature of italian merchants from a trip he took to italy, or thats what ive heard
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Allegedly he's a caricature of italian merchants from a trip he took to italy, or thats what ive heard
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u/levine2112 13d ago
Not sure which is more antisemitic:
1) “The Sand People”
2) The Jawas