The Jewish question (Wisconsin style): What’s a coastie?
The latest incarnation of the Jewish question: What's a coastie?
From the Milwaukee Journal-Sentinel:
So, what's a coastie?
Chances are until this fall, most folks, even in Madison where the term appears to have originated, would have told you it's one of two things:
Anyone not from around here.
Or, a privileged East or West Coast transplant, often a woman of a certain look: black tights, Ugg boots, oversize sunglasses and sporting a Starbucks cup.
Now a song and music video out of Madison suggest she's all of that, and Jewish, provoking debates in and out of the classroom over stereotyping, anti-Semitism and the boundaries of humor.
Most of the Jewish students interviewed for this story said they find the tune and video "What's a Coastie" by UW-Madison undergrads Cliff Grefe and Quincy Harrison - who are not Jewish - harmless and funny.
But some are offended.
Read the full story. And then watch the video and judge for yourselves -- if you can handle the lewd lyrics.
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As with most “rap” (or crap) music, since I couldn’t understand the lyrics due to the singers having a mouthful of marbles or dreck in their mouths. It certainly is drawing attention and the fact that there are Jewish students who are offended by this drivel is good enough for me to hope that no buyers appear on the scene.
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N. Shuster
12/16/09 10:44 PM
So the students interviewed find this moronic bilge “harmless and funny?” Is it possible that these “students” are merely individuals registered at the university, rather than scholars?
More than possible.