Thursday, December 12, 2013

Yitzhak Rabin and what he called the "Nigger problem"

From a reader: "Dear As'ad,

I want to note that in  Amir Oren's article on Haaretz Yitzhak Rabin is reported to have used the term "The Negro Problem" in a report to the Knesset in 1968. He actually used the term הבעיה הכושית, ha-Ba`ya ha-Kushit, هبعيا هكوشيت.  This is  translated as  "The Nigger problem". Kushi is a highly derogatory term  that is understood as "Nigger" in Israel in as full sense of the slur as is possible outside the US.

Please don't use my name on your blog."