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submitted 2 days ago* (last edited 2 days ago) by Davriellelouna@lemmy.world to c/usa@midwest.social

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Shylock is a fictional Jewish money-lender invented by Shakespeare.

The story ends when Shylock is defeated and forced to abandon Judaism.

Source: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Shylock

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[–] goferking0@lemmy.sdf.org 1 points 16 hours ago

Sounds like it's always been used as a slur/terrible stereotype, hell Shakespeare made the entire character a stereotype....