No, the “Us” in "For Us, By Us" does not refer to the Jews, although it turns out one of the founders of the “urban sportswear” company is a Jewish ‘deis alum, (as is the very non-Italian founder of the restaurant chain Vinny Testa's). At any rate, FUBU last week was given the Non-Sectarian Jewish-Sponsored University’s Asper Award for social entrepreneurship.
Most amusing in the Justice account is a mention to “The Fat Albert” (sic); hey hey hey, the reporter was probably born in 1985, so I forgive him for not getting the reference.
Posted by Stephen Silver at March 16, 2004 09:05 PM"the Fat Albert" ... oh dear god. i wouldn't chalk it up so much to youth as to good ol' Brandeis east-coast-suburban-insular-Jewish subculture.
Posted by: LilB at March 17, 2004 02:43 PM