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Miriam Shaviv

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Miriam Shaviv

Opinion

Are we really that ugly?

July 3, 2009 12:07
1 min read

A local newspaper in Vail, Colorado, is under fire for describing a suspect in a robbery as being "of Jewish or Eastern European descent".

And what does someone of Jewish descent look like?

According to the paper - which, even worse, was simply repeating the press release issued by the Eagle County Sheriff’s Department - he had "dark hair, large nose, pierced ears, narrow face and eyes that were close together.”

What, no horns?

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