# Is this racist? (Australian variety show skit)

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**Category:** Great Debates\
**Created:** [October 9, 2009, 2:14am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-this-racist-australian-variety-show-skit/513146 "2009-10-09T02:14:56Z")\
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**Author:** ![Freudian\_Slit](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/5daacb/32.png) [@Freudian\_Slit](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Freudian_Slit)\
**Post date:** [October 16, 2009, 7:42am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-this-racist-australian-variety-show-skit/513146/136 "2009-10-16T07:42:10Z")

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> [@Argent\_Towers](#):
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> I have never, ever, _ever_ seen this happen. What are you referring to?

[http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?t=530167&page=2](http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?t=530167&page=2)

> [@"That's so gay"](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/thats-so-gay/508358/93):
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> Well, to be honest when I used the term “to jew someone down” or heard it used it never occurred to me that Jews were cheap. It was used to mean that I or someone else got the best damn bargain possible. It meant that we were skillful in the art of bartering.

All right, I guess that isn’t exactly “it’s a compliment b/c Jews are so good with money” but it does miss the point pretty spectacularly.

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