“Hey You! Anti-Semite!”: A Jewish Krewe does Mardi Gras
…blend in. No one has to know you are Jewish if you Anglify your last name, stop speaking Yiddish, stop wearing distinctive clothing, drop dietary regulations, pay plastic surgeons to re-shape your profile. By blending in, Jews have been able to avoid drawing unwanted attention to ourselves. And unwanted attention is one thing Jews have had plenty of. So, if we’re so good at conforming to a generic “American” ideal and negative associations with Ju…
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