During my undergraduate experience at a
top 25 liberal arts college in the Midwest, an assistant editor of the newspaper
asked me to write a piece on Kristallnacht because she wanted "an
intelligent Jew to do it."
Upon hearing that his niece had married
a Jewish man, my wife's uncle stated, "They have never done anything to
me. I had a Jewish boss once, he was a bit tight with his money, but otherwise
he was okay."
At my brother-in-law's wedding this
summer I overheard one of the guests telling a Jewish joke, while I do not
remember the words, it had to do with big noses and being cheap.
Informant was in his early thirties. He
was a college professor in Ohio
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
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