# Why are jews hated and/or mocked so much?

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**Created:** [November 23, 2010, 10:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-are-jews-hated-and-or-mocked-so-much/561709 "2010-11-23T22:28:35Z")\
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**Post date:** [November 23, 2010, 10:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-are-jews-hated-and-or-mocked-so-much/561709/7 "2010-11-23T22:51:31Z")

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> [@FE3O4ENAIL](#):
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> When I read a book on yiddish I was struck by an interpretation of their being Gods’ chosen people.  
> They are Holy, we (us non-Jews) are profane. They really laid it out that every non-Jew is, basically, a bag of shit.

That’s not what the Chosen People thing means. I find the idea grating, but Jewish dopers have explained this in the past. Here’s an example

[http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?p=12756611&highlight=chosen+jews#post12756611](http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?p=12756611&highlight=chosen+jews#post12756611)

> [@Jews and high-tech business success](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/jews-and-high-tech-business-success/548876/32):
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> You are correct, I made a typo. Being chosen doesn’t make Jews “better,” it makes them “burdened.”

> [@Jews and high-tech business success](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/jews-and-high-tech-business-success/548876/27):
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> For my part, I’ve always been sensitive to a certain deadpan grimness that culturally Jewish people can draw upon, briefly and subtly, even in the most lighthearted moments. It could be a look in the eye or the mouth, a careful inflection or a choice of words, so considered and practiced it becomes a reflex. I see it as a psychic spit on the ground, a warding off of the evil eye, a reminder that being carefree and at ease is not their privilege to have - indeed, not even _worth_ having, really.

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