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[–] Darkonion@lemmy.world 11 points 4 hours ago (1 children)

I didn't even consider the first one to exist and was briefly upset at George for saying people shouldn't be proud/accepting of their base characteristics, but what you say makes sense of it for me.

[–] LillyPip@lemmy.ca 10 points 2 hours ago

A potentially mind-blowing thing that really drives this point home:

Obama is half-black and half-white (black father and white mother). He’s often and comfortably claimed to be the first black president, but never referred to as a white president, though he’s equally both.

Some races and ethnicities have historically been considered as subtractive, and this is the often unconsidered evil of ethnic or cultural allegiance.