# tomndebb, please explain why I was noted for saying Jew-bros. **URL:** \ **Category:** About This Message Board\ **Created:** [October 31, 2015, 8:26am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tomndebb-please-explain-why-i-was-noted-for-saying-jew-bros/736248 "2015-10-31T08:26:01Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 1\ **Showing post:** 38
**Author:** ![iiandyiiii](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/iiandyiiii/32/7924_2.png) [@iiandyiiii](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/iiandyiiii)\ **Post date:** [October 31, 2015, 3:05pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tomndebb-please-explain-why-i-was-noted-for-saying-jew-bros/736248/38 "2015-10-31T15:05:46Z")
Responding here instead of the GD thread: > [@Is this actually racist?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-this-actually-racist/736174/96): > > Not the religion, the ethnic makeup. It’s an overwhelmingly Jewish fraternity. Intentionally. They have a frigging Menorah in their coat of arms. > > The bro bit shouldn’t need explaining. It’s a frat. Whether due to religion or ethnicity, using “Jew” in the manner you did sounds pejorative, despite your intentions, at least to me. For example – some cops behaving badly… if someone says “those damn Jew-cops shouldn’t be doing X”, that sounds like a slur to me. The Jewishness (religion or ethnicity) of the cops, and of the frat guys, is irrelevant to their actions. By bringing it up in a way that sounds the same as using “Jew” as a pejorative adjective, it sounds like a slur to me. I agree with the mod note. This isn’t a huge deal, **MrDibble** – I think you’re wrong here, but I don’t think this is a sign that you don’t like Jews. I just think you slipped up with a word choice that sounds like a slur. Everyone slips up sometimes, and often it’s just due to differences in language and culture. That’s probably the explanation here. --- _[View the full topic](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tomndebb-please-explain-why-i-was-noted-for-saying-jew-bros/736248)._