The Allusionist

119. Blood Is Not Water

The Yiddish word for ‘black’ is, in certain uses, a slur. So <a href="https://twitter.com/mordkhetzvi" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Anthony Mordechai Tzvi Russell</a>, <a href="https://twitter.com/a_a_viswanath" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Arun Viswanath</a> and <a href="https://twitter.com/JonahNYC" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Jonah Boyarin</a> teamed up to translate Black Lives Matter without it. Find out more about this episode, the subject matter and the interviewees, at <a href="http://theallusionist.org/yiddishblm" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">theallusionist.org/yiddishblm</a>. Content note: since the episode is discussing a slur, it does contain incidences of the slur. There is also one category B swear. The Allusionist's online home is <a href="http://theallusionist.org/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">theallusionist.org</a>. Stay in touch at <a href="http://twitter.com/allusionistshow" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">twitter.com/allusionistshow</a>, <a href="http://facebook.com/allusionistshow" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">facebook.com/allusionistshow</a> and <a href="http://instagram.com/allusionistshow" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">instagram.com/allusionistshow</a>.<a href="http://patreon.com/allusionist" rel="payment">Support the show: http://patreon.com/allusionist</a>See <a href="https://omnystudio.com/listener">omnystudio.com/listener</a> for privacy information.