I've had some interesting discussions with people about the difference between the sort of labels that have a choice about coming out, and those that are inescapable. For myself, I find that they shape me in different ways, and that discovering places where I had the power to *choose* to come out made a big difference in how I felt about my relationship with the world.
I had no idea until you mentioned it that Madoff's ethnic/religious background was important to some people. My own world is so full of so many different sorts of Jewishness that the stereotypes strike me as silly, even as I'm aware that others don't take it that way - but it's not my main concern, and so it doesn't get a lot of brainshare from me.
My son is "Jewish enough" for some purposes, but it's certainly not going to be the main challenge he faces in life.
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Date: 2009-02-11 06:58 pm (UTC)I had no idea until you mentioned it that Madoff's ethnic/religious background was important to some people. My own world is so full of so many different sorts of Jewishness that the stereotypes strike me as silly, even as I'm aware that others don't take it that way - but it's not my main concern, and so it doesn't get a lot of brainshare from me.
My son is "Jewish enough" for some purposes, but it's certainly not going to be the main challenge he faces in life.