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..which addresses some of the messiness of the social construct. Just because something is intangible, unscientific and based entirely on the social contract (itself imaginary #Rwanda) does not mean that it is not real. It has measurable impact, but it can be fluid.
The point is whether one has enough of the "privileged class characteristics" to have a choice about belonging. Nobody can (yet) SEE your bank account (and it's concealment is what expensive cars and shoes are supposed to be doing), nobody cares (yet) what's on your government ID, or the experience of your youth. Blending in, or the ability to blend in, is what's key here. Am I plausible at the country club? I can get there with contacts, with cars, with clothes, etc, but the easiest ticket is complexion.
We don't get to choose it, so I'm not suggesting individual complicity here.
One ironic side note is how the culture is all about self-identification, (hell, HItler self identified as German) and we have lots of baggage about other identity choices.Statistics: Posted by bralbovsky — Sun Apr 14, 2019 7:50 pm
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