I vote we use wealth.
irelephant@lemmy.dbzer0.com 3 weeks ago
No, we’d simply find some other difference to get divided on.
ceenote@lemmy.world 3 weeks ago
irelephant@lemmy.dbzer0.com 3 weeks ago
Unfortunately it’s the wealthy people who decide.
FreshParsnip@lemmy.ca 3 weeks ago
It’ll ultimately just lead to even more discrimination against the poor
psoul@lemmy.world 3 weeks ago
It’s intersectional: the wealthy early birds. They would make the decision while us night owls sleep
4grams@awful.systems 3 weeks ago
Semi_Hemi_Demigod@lemmy.world 3 weeks ago
Having lived in a majority white city where they divided themselves between countries of origin, this would happen.
Until a large Hispanic influx northeast PA had Italian sections, Irish sections, Lithuanian sections, Polish sections, etc. When my ex’s grandmother met me she asked me “what are you?” despite us both being white.
plyth@feddit.org 3 weeks ago
She was old enough to remember that none of those origins was considered white.
FreshParsnip@lemmy.ca 3 weeks ago
In the show All In The Family, Archie isn’t just bigoted against non-caucasians; he’s bigoted against the polish, Irish, Italians, etc… He’s less bigoted against those groups than he is against non-whites, but still bigoted. He’s also bigoted against catholics
CarbonIceDragon@pawb.social 3 weeks ago
Or people would simply be divided over what race they used to be.
FreshParsnip@lemmy.ca 3 weeks ago
After a few generations, they’d start to forget
PartyAt15thAndSummit@lemmy.zip 3 weeks ago
Phen@lemmy.eco.br 3 weeks ago
And people would also track down and document what race people used to be before the change happened so that they could keep on hating too.
psoul@lemmy.world 3 weeks ago
Exactly. This is why people say race is a construct.
If we all became the same race then some self labeled ingroup would construct (i.e. create) new criteria to label others as an outgroup eventually creating new races.
z3rOR0ne@lemmy.ml 3 weeks ago
ivanafterall@lemmy.world 3 weeks ago
It’d be regions/land-based, probably. “Southern pride,” etc…just without the racism. Fuck those star-bellied sneeches across the river.
MuskyMelon@lemmy.world 3 weeks ago
Glad that you brought up the Sneeches!
dual_sport_dork@lemmy.world 3 weeks ago
And I hear those damn Zooks eat their bread with the buttered side down.