MASON LANDS IN RACISM ROW

Last updated: Monday, March 16, 2009

MASON LANDS IN RACISM ROW

Veteran comedian JACKIE MASON has landed in hot water, after using an allegedly racist term to describe U.S. President BARACK OBAMA during a performance in New York.

JACKIE MASON

At least one member of the audience at Feinstein's on Friday night (13Mar09) walked out after Mason called Obama a "schwartza", a Yiddish term for black person.

Mason's use of the word has sparked a row over whether it's an offensive term - but the comedian is refusing to back down.

The 72-year-old tells TMZ.com, "I'm an old Jew. I was raised in a Jewish family where 'schwartza' was used. It's not a demeaning word and I'm not going to defend myself.

"Chris Rock has told a lot more jokes about whites than I have against blacks. What about the demeaning words blacks say about Jews?

"If it's a racist society, the white people are the ones being persecuted because they have to defend themselves."

Source: WENN

| Monday, March 16, 2009

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