Remove hook-nose sign language gesture, Jewish group demands
by Daniel Boffey in Brussels from on (#4QM1Q)
Calls for 'racist and humiliating' gesture to be removed from online guide to Flemish signing
An organisation representing Jewish communities in Europe are demanding the removal of a "racist and humiliating" depiction of Jews as having large hooked noses from an online dictionary of Flemish sign language.
The portrayal is one of more than 10,000 signs on a visual online guide recognised by the Flemish government as a "knowledge and coordination centre" for sign language in the Flanders region of Belgium.
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