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Jew-hate is being rebranded as 'cool'.

JL;DR SUMMARY Ben Schulman explores the troubling rebranding of antisemitism as a form of cultural 'cool,' particularly through the lens of modern influencers like Julian Casablancas of The Strokes. A way out west there was a fella, fella I want to tell you about, fella by the name of Jeff Lebowski. At least, that was the handle his lovin' parents gave him, but he never had much use for it himself. This Lebowski, he called himself the Dude. Now, Dude, that's a name no one would self-apply where I come from. But then, there was a lot about the Dude that didn't make a whole lot of sense to me. And a lot about where he lived, likewise. But then again, maybe that's why I found the place s'durned innarestin'.

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Jewish IdentityDiasporaScapegoatingMedia InfluenceJulian CasablancasThe StrokesCool CultureCultural FragmentationPrivilege Discourse

Places mentioned

Spain
"The Spanish sociologist and urban planner Manuel Castells argued that the defining feature of modern life is the space of flows that defines the informational, networked city."
New York City, New York, United States
"Julian Casablancas, frontman of the American rock band The Strokes, bermensch of the early aughts New York City gilded sleaze set, who was recently interviewed on Kareem Rahmas viral video series, Subway Takes."
Switzerland
"Julian Casablancas, the son of a global modeling empire, educated in New York and Switzerland, fronting a band that became a sort of scape unto itself, is living a Jewish condition."

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