"I was a university student. I used to work part time at a liquor store. Next door was a convenience store I used all the time and I had a pleasant relationship as a customer with the owner.
Once, when we needed extra people for
the Christmas rush, I brought a guy from my neighborhood whom I had known in
Hebrew school. He had a hooked nose and a bit of a sing-song voice and frizzy
blonde hair.
I went into the convenience store with
my friend and the formerly pleasant owner asked me what I was doing bringing
this f---ing Jew into his store. I couldn't believe what I was hearing.
It turned out that the guy was an Arab
and he started telling me how Jews were causing all of the problems in the
world. The store was part of a large chain of franchises and I thought about
calling the head office but I didn't do anything. I just never went back to
that store."
Informant was a male from Toronto whose
maternal grandparents were Jews from Poland and whose paternal grandparents
were Jews from Hungary
THE BACKGROUND on these interviews, that
is, when they were conducted, who the informants were, and why I post them, see
here.
"To Chew Someone Down"
Bieganski Interview #1
"Poles are Inherently Comic
Janitors" Bieganski Interview # 2
"My Father Began to Conceal His
Jewish Origins" Bieganski Interview # 3
They Worked Like Moles Their Whole Lives
Bieganski Interview # 4
"She Never, and I Mean Never, Threw
Anything Away" Bieganski Interview # 5
"They Always Kept One Token
Jew" Bieganski Interview # 6
"White Privilege? I Laugh"
Bieganski Interview # 7
"Stalin Died and I Was Set
Free" #8
"The Jew is Clever. The Pole is
Obnoxious, Loud, and Stupid." #9
"My Grandfather Let Anastasia
Escape" #10
"I Have Always Been Afraid to Get
Close to Any 'Real' Jews"# 12
"Germans. I don't Like Hearing the
Language" #14
"Those Shoes Kick My People to
Death" #15
"Why Get Your Hopes Up?" # 16
"Goyim Sell Their Children for a Bottle
of Whiskey" # 17
"My Father Was Beaten Up By Right-Wing
Polish Extremists"
# 18
"My Great Grandfather Was Attacked by
Some Kids in Canada"
# 19
"You Cannot Get That Job Unless You Are
Jewish" # 20
"God
Knew the Jews Were Going to Have a Pretty Interesting History."
Bieganski Interview # 21
"Why Did You Bring This F---ing Jew
Into My Store?" Bieganski Interview # 22
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