Kike
The word kike is a racial slur for a Jew. The slur derived from the Yiddish word kikel ("circle"), due to how Jewish immigrants wrote a circle instead of an X on their immigration papers.[1][2]
Usage
[change | change source]20th century
[change | change source]During the Iași pogrom on 28–30 June 1941[3][4] (13,266 Jews killed within two days),[3] a former professor was shot by a Romanian soldier for trying to save Jews who were under attack.[4] When shooting the former professor, the Romanian soldier reportedly yelled,[4]
You dog, die with the kike you are defending!
21st century
[change | change source]The slur was spotted in several pro-Palestinian protests, with a Jewish woman in the New York City being called a "F***ing murderous kike" by an antisemitic rioter in an argument.[5][6] A similar incident happened at California's Occidental College and Pomona College, against which the American civil rights groups Anti-Defamation League (ADL) and Brandeis Center for Human Rights Under Law filed Title VI[7] complaints for the assaulted Jewish students.[8][9]
Related pages
[change | change source]- Zio
- Chink
- Nigger
- Racism
- Antisemitism
- Discrimination
- Roman Catholics and antisemitism in the 21st century
References
[change | change source]- ↑ "We need to talk about 'Kike' — how did the slur originate anyway?". The Forward. 2021-03-10. Retrieved 2024-04-05.
- ↑ "Kike | #TranslateHate | AJC". www.ajc.org. 2021-04-22. Retrieved 2024-04-05.
- ↑ 3.0 3.1 "Jews From Iaşi (Jassy) Who Survived the Transports". JewishGen. September 15, 2005. Retrieved November 2, 2024.
- ↑ 4.0 4.1 4.2
- Ioanid, Radu (1993). "The Holocaust in Romania: The Iasi pogrom of June 1941" (PDF). Contemporary European History. 2 (2). Cambridge University Press: 119–148. Retrieved November 2, 2024.
- "Roundup of Jews during a Pogrom in Iasi, Romania, June 1941". Yad Vashem. Retrieved November 2, 2024.
- "On This Day: Romania orders Iași purged of Jews in pogrom in 1941". The Jerusalem Post. June 27, 2022. Retrieved November 2, 2024.
- ↑ "'F***king murderous kike': Pro-Palestinian protesters accost Biden fundraiser attendees on NYC streets". The Times of Israel. March 29, 2024. Retrieved November 3, 2024.
- ↑ Ziv, Nadav (September 7, 2024). "Campuses are banning discrimination against Zionists. That's good news for the pro-Palestinian camp". The Forward. Retrieved November 3, 2024.
- ↑ "Title VI of the Civil Rights Act of 1964". United States Department of Justice.
- ↑ "Federal investigation into antisemitism at UC Berkeley launches after campus incidents". Berkeleyside. March 19, 2024. Retrieved November 3, 2024.
- ↑ "ADL Report on Nationwide Campus Turmoil: May 10, 2024". San Diego Jewish World. May 10, 2024. Retrieved November 3, 2024.
