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Levinthal's title for this series reveals his interest in a tradition of blackface masquerade that, by the turn of the century, was largely a Jewish province (think of Al Jolson's The Jazz Singer ). While Jewish minstrelsy operated on the premise that black people were inherently funny, it also reflected a complex identification of Jews with blacks--an identification between outsider groups explored by such contemporary scholars as Michael Rogin, in Blackface, White Noise , and Eric Lott, in Love and Theft .
Now, I will admit that I voted for Rudy in the 1997 mayoral election based on the premise that the drastic improvement of life in New York outweighed his obvious personality flaws.
The history of the 20 th century certainly justifies this fear, but the fact that even Liu accepts Abrams' false premise shows how confused many are on this subject.
But Barak's aides, while affirming that "no peace process shall prevail over the personal security of the people of Israel," rejected the premise that the former threatened the latter.
My notebook has about 50 more checks, but once the premise had been established and the leads began to interact, I stopped totting up the inanities and had a good time.