Donald Trump uses antisemitic term to describe bankers, drawing criticism
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The president made the remark at a rally launching his yearlong celebration of America’s 250th birthday.

Shylock is a fictional Jewish money-lender invented by Shakespeare.

The story ends when Shylock is defeated and forced to abandon Judaism.

Source: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Shylock

  • goferking (he/him)
    4·
    8 months ago

    This time? https://www.politico.com/story/2014/09/joe-biden-shylocks-reaction-111053

    Pretty obviously him being racist

    Biden used the term when he spoke at the 40th anniversary celebration for the Legal Services Corporation and referred to his son, Delaware Attorney General Beau Biden, and his experience while in Iraq.

    “People would come up to him and talk about what was happening to them at home in terms of foreclosures, in terms of bad loans that were being — I mean, these Shylocks who took advantage of these women and men while overseas,” Biden said.

    • OccamsRazer@lemmy.world
      31·
      8 months ago

      It’s not obvious at all. It used to be a commonly used term for dishonest bankers, and it’s still defined as such in most dictionaries, though many of them also note that it is less common now because of more awareness of the harmful stereotype.