Mockery of Jewish boy slips past Cupertino yearbook editors

[YoungDemCA]

CUPERTINO -- At first glance, Monta Vista High School's yearbook looks impressive, the successful result of an all-out effort to put out a pristine product. But buried among its slick photos and creative captions is an anti-Semitic slight -- purposely planted by a student against a Jewish classmate from Israel.

The insult passed unnoticed by the yearbook adviser -- and was published in all 1,600 copies -- because the boy did not use an obvious racial slur. Instead, he has admitted to school officials that he intentionally changed the last three letters of his classmate's name to "jew" while labeling a team photo.

Discovered during the last week of classes, the subtle taunt has created heartache for the victim's family, who fled Eastern Europe after barely surviving the Holocaust. It's also created a predicament for the school, which prides itself on its diversity and is struggling with few options to fix the problem since the yearbooks have already gone out.

"The administrative leadership teams at Monta Vista High School and the Fremont Union High School District are outraged by this incident," spokeswoman Sue Larson said. "We do not and will not tolerate racial slurs of any kind."

http://www.mercurynews.com/crime-courts/ci_25932759/mockery-jewish-boy?source=social

[Behind the Aegis]

1. Some things never change.

Jews are mocked all the time; we have almost come to expect it again.

[Behind the Aegis]

3. WTF?

Seriously, are you trying to say?!

[alp227]

8. I was juror #3

On Wed Jun 11, 2014, 02:00 AM an alert was sent on the following post:

fair?
http://www.democraticunderground.com/?com=view_post&forum=1002&pid=5079714

REASON FOR ALERT

This post is disruptive, hurtful, rude, insensitive, over-the-top, or otherwise inappropriate.

ALERTER'S COMMENTS

I can't make heads or tails of this post. Anyone?

JURY RESULTS

You served on a randomly-selected Jury of DU members which reviewed this post. The review was completed at Wed Jun 11, 2014, 02:08 AM, and the Jury voted 5-2 to HIDE IT.

Juror #1 voted to HIDE IT
Explanation: Nonsense
Juror #2 voted to HIDE IT
Explanation: No explanation given
Juror #3 voted to HIDE IT
Explanation: Y'know, if this is your 1st post here, it's not a good impression. "those jews who really belive in Jesus and are good people?" Seriously? Can you top THAT for bigotry, by implying a prejudice against Jewish people?

DU TOS: "Do not post bigotry...This includes...any post asserting disloyalty by Jewish Americans, claiming nefarious influence by Jews/Zionists/Israel"
Juror #4 voted to LEAVE IT ALONE
Explanation: I'm with the person who reported it. It really doesn't make any sense. It isn't really any of those, it's just weird
Juror #5 voted to HIDE IT
Explanation: Besides not making any sense at all, I think this post is an attempt at making some sort of anti-Jewish comment. Why else bring up Jesus and Jews in the same comment?
Juror #6 voted to HIDE IT
Explanation: Either a troll or PUI (posting under the influence). Either way, we don't want junk like this stinking up a thread.
Juror #7 voted to LEAVE IT ALONE
Explanation: No explanation given

Thank you very much for participating in our Jury system, and we hope you will be able to participate again in the future.

[Behind the Aegis]

9. Thank you. Be nice if it happened more often.

[ForgoTheConsequence]

4. Huh?

I feel like you're saying something really offensive, but I can't tell because of how disconnected it is.

[Cali_Democrat]

6. You definitely aren't the sharpest tool in the shed, are you?

You're probably one of the guys who has a pickup truck with a confederate flag bumper sticker.

[lostincalifornia]

7. What is wrong with you?

[alp227]

10. See reply 8 for the jury results. The message has now been auto-removed.

That poster is a one-and-done...not in college basketball terms though.

[LeftishBrit]

5. Disgusting

[defacto7]

11. Reprimand the yearbook advisor for not doing the job

and make the family of the kid who made the slur pay for the entire yearbook's reprinting and mailing. That seems a fitting action.