Reply To: Origin of various racial slurs

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U.S., a Jewish person, possibly derived from the fact that, for religious reasons, illiterate Jewish immigrants would sign their name with a circle, instead of the cross or X used by illiterate immigrants of other backgrounds (Yiddish keikl=’circle’). You can find a list of all slurs and their origins here. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_ethnic_slurs

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