Letting your ignorance shine for believing sheisters[sic] or shysters has any racist connotations.
It is derived from the german Scheißer or "shitter"; meaning an unscrupulous person - especially pertaining to lawyers.
The ill-informed frequently conflate "shyster" and "shylock", the latter being a reference to the villain of The Merchant of Venice and, hence, possessing antisemitic tones.
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Letting your ignorance shine for believing sheisters[sic] or shysters has any racist connotations.
It is derived from the german Scheißer or "shitter"; meaning an unscrupulous person - especially pertaining to lawyers.
The ill-informed frequently conflate "shyster" and "shylock", the latter being a reference to the villain of The Merchant of Venice and, hence, possessing antisemitic tones.
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