# Identifiably Jewish movie/TV villains?

**URL:** <https://boards.straightdope.com/t/identifiably-jewish-movie-tv-villains/142825>\
**Category:** Cafe Society\
**Created:** [December 15, 2002, 1:53am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/identifiably-jewish-movie-tv-villains/142825 "2002-12-15T01:53:14Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 5\
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**Author:** ![Longmos](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/278dde/32.png) [@Longmos](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Longmos)\
**Post date:** [February 16, 2003, 5:06am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/identifiably-jewish-movie-tv-villains/142825/81 "2003-02-16T05:06:38Z")

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> \*Originally posted by carnivorousplant \*  
> \*\*I believe those were turbans. \*\*

[Cecil](http://www.straightdope.com/classics/a2_131.html) sez they were _hats._

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**Author:** ![Logical\_Phallacy](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/848f3c/32.png) [@Logical\_Phallacy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Logical_Phallacy)\
**Post date:** [February 16, 2003, 6:33am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/identifiably-jewish-movie-tv-villains/142825/82 "2003-02-16T06:33:34Z")

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While we’re at it, why don’t we see if we can find three news stories about jewish muggings, beatings or slayings from the last month? perhaps stereotypes exist for a reason.

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**Author:** ![Governor\_Quinn](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/d26b3c/32.png) [@Governor\_Quinn](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Governor_Quinn)\
**Post date:** [February 16, 2003, 3:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/identifiably-jewish-movie-tv-villains/142825/83 "2003-02-16T15:41:15Z")

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Meyer Wolfshein from “The Great Gatsby” comes to mind.

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**Author:** ![middleman](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/e9a140/32.png) [@middleman](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/middleman)\
**Post date:** [February 16, 2003, 4:00pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/identifiably-jewish-movie-tv-villains/142825/84 "2003-02-16T16:00:50Z")

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> \*Originally posted by cainxinth \*  
> \*\*I didn’t mean it as an insult. You’re just the first southern Jewish person I’ve met, outside of Flordia of course. 🙂 \*\*

There is quite a large Jewish population in Houston, Texas.

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**Author:** ![Governor\_Quinn](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/d26b3c/32.png) [@Governor\_Quinn](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Governor_Quinn)\
**Post date:** [February 16, 2003, 4:06pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/identifiably-jewish-movie-tv-villains/142825/85 "2003-02-16T16:06:50Z")

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> \*Originally posted by watsonwil \*  
> \*\*There is quite a large Jewish population in Houston, Texas. \*\*

So does New Orleans (or at least it did before “white flight”, I have no idea if it’s that way now), and, for that matter, most of the large cities in the South (Atlanta, Birmingham, etc.).

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