A Brazilian newspaper will rectify its usage of "jew," due to backlash from a recent article whose headline read: "What to do when daylight-saving time ‘Jews' body and soul."
In Portuguese, jew used as a verb is judiar translates as to mock, spoil, mistreat.
According to one of the protestors, Professor Israel Blajberg, the stance against using the word as a verb in such a context “is an important contribution of JB to the battle against discrimination.”
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A Brazilian newspaper will rectify its usage of "jew," due to backlash from a recent article whose headline read: "What to do when daylight-saving time ‘Jews' body and soul."
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