What Jackie Mason Taught me about my Own Racism

He taught me that I have it. In a very relevant article from 1998, called “The Borscht Belt Hits Broadway: Yea or Oy Vey?” (Moment Magazine, by Alexander Wohl) there are some quotes from Jackie Mason. Jackie Mason who just died today at the age of 93.

Try this on, and this is only a hint of what Jackie Mason did in his shows:

“I hate Chinese,” says Mason. “They never eat in a Jewish restaurant. I never saw one Chinaman who said to me, ‘I’m looking for a nice piece of gefilte fish.’ “