Ethnicity and Race
Passing as another ethnicity is a common phenomenon. Discriminated groups In North America and Europe frequently modified their accents, word choices, manner of dress, grooming habits, and even their names in an attempt to appear to be members of a majority group or of a privileged minority group.
Circumcised Jewish males in Germany during World War II attempted to restore their foreskins as part of passing as Gentile.The film Europa, Europa explores this theme.
Read more about this topic: Passing (sociology)
Famous quotes containing the word race:
“[The Settlement House] must be grounded in a philosophy whose foundation is on the solidarity of the human race, a philosophy which will not waver when the race happens to be represented by a drunken woman or an idiot boy.”
—Jane Addams (1860–1935)