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Ukrainian Politician Calls Mila Kunis ‘A Dirty Jewess’ In Misguided Attempt To Pick Fight With Someone More Famous Than Him

ng mila kunis 270612Mila Kunis might be known primarily for being every lad mag’s Babeliest Babe Of Every Year and making the dubious decision to date Ashton Kutcher, but did you know she grew up Jewish in a place where anti-Semitism is still a huge problem? It’s true. Shit’s like the middle ages over there!

Mila has spoken to the press about her Ukrainian heritage in the past (her family moved to the US when she was 7), and we know she’s not lying because we have seen her smack down a Russian reporter in Russian in a most bad ass fashion. Perhaps that’s what convinced anti-Semitic politician Igor Miroshnichenko to try to pick a fight with her by saying she’s not a true Ukrainian (despite having been born there) because she’s Jewish. He also called her a ’zhydovka,’ an anti-Jewish slur dating back to the Holocaust which translates roughly to “dirty Jewess” and which the Ukrainian government recently ruled should not be banned because it is “not necessarily a slur.” Come again?

Now, LA’s Simon Wiesenthal Center has written a letter to the Ukrainian Prime Minister asking him to condemn these horrid remarks, as he should. Kunis has yet to respond, as she is #aboveit. But I think I know what’s really going on here. Mr. Miroshnichenko was simply trying to employ the tried and true “pick a fight with someone more famous than you” method of attention getting used by so many aspiring celebrities. Only he forgot that most of the world doesn’t think like Borat and picked on Mila Kunis for being a “dirty Jewess,” despite the fact that there are hundreds of more legit things he could’ve picked on her for, starting with Ted and working his way up. He’ll never be America’s sweetheart at this rate!

I’d give him more advice on getting mainstream famous, but I’m not sure why he would listen to a dirty Jewess like me. Now if you will excuse me, this Christian baby blood is not going to drink itself.

(Via TMZ)

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  • Paul

    Miroshnichenko is a recently elected MP from the Svoboda (Freedom) Party, which garnered 12% of the votes this fall, far above the 1+% of 2007. He espouses the far-right nationalist shibboleths. The Ukrainian term is zhydivka, and I think “dirty Jewess” may be a bit over the top. Most Ukrainian Jews regard the term is insulting, but probably the “N-word” might be a more apt equivalent. Certainly, the terms used to describe African Americans 50 years ago are different from accepted terms used today. Even the great 19th century novelist Shevchenko used the Ukrainian term in his time without the negative connotation. Certainly, the idea that the term dates from after World War II is incorrect. The Ukrainian dictionary has two uses: one, a synonym for “evrei” which is the acceptable form of Jew, and secondly, the slur form of Jew. Of course, the basic issue was that in her earlier interview, Kunis described the anti-Semitic slurs she experienced as a child. Instead of admitting that this problem exists, Miroshnichenko simply compounds it by stating that these slurs do not exist. One of the goals of our cultural and educational programs in Ukraine has been to increase tolerance, including by educating young people about the history of the Jewish population in their country.

  • Jarod

    As a representer of ukrainian jew community, I must apologize for Mila’s
    words about ukrainians. It is not true ukrainians are anti-semitic
    people, Mila just wanted to increase her popularity telling that. You
    know, poor girl, everyone hates her & so on. That is not true! I
    live in Ukrain 27 years and I’m jew and I’ve never heard any bad words
    in my adress. About Miroshnychenko: “Jydivka” means jewish girl. He
    never said “dirty”.