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TenguJake's avatar

Amina-sama, great post! I think the desire to belong or be something other than you are leads people into lots of trouble. Rachel Dolezal is a classic example and sort of in the same stream is Vanilla Ice pretending to be a could who grew up on the mean streets of the cities. Everyone demands "authenticity" but they also probably believe that "reality tv" isn't scripted. https://www.nytimes.com/1991/02/03/arts/why-the-world-is-after-vanilla-ice.html

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Amina Green's avatar

Thank you Jake :)

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David's avatar

It can be problematic if you’re influencing policy and can put it in a negative direction. If you’re just doing it on your own, it’s not a big deal.

Throughout history there have definitely people who adopt an identity and blend in or don’t and impact history positively or negatively for the groups they enter

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tallasianchick's avatar

"white and reasonably attractive" lol.

Great writing!

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Amina Green's avatar

Thanks Ilah!

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