I vote we use wealth.
irelephant@lemmy.dbzer0.com 1 month ago
No, we’d simply find some other difference to get divided on.
ceenote@lemmy.world 1 month ago
irelephant@lemmy.dbzer0.com 1 month ago
Unfortunately it’s the wealthy people who decide.
FreshParsnip@lemmy.ca 1 month ago
It’ll ultimately just lead to even more discrimination against the poor
psoul@lemmy.world 1 month ago
It’s intersectional: the wealthy early birds. They would make the decision while us night owls sleep
4grams@awful.systems 1 month ago
Semi_Hemi_Demigod@lemmy.world 1 month 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 1 month ago
She was old enough to remember that none of those origins was considered white.
FreshParsnip@lemmy.ca 1 month 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 1 month ago
Or people would simply be divided over what race they used to be.
FreshParsnip@lemmy.ca 1 month ago
After a few generations, they’d start to forget
PartyAt15thAndSummit@lemmy.zip 1 month ago
Phen@lemmy.eco.br 1 month 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 1 month 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 1 month ago
ivanafterall@lemmy.world 1 month 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 1 month ago
Glad that you brought up the Sneeches!
dual_sport_dork@lemmy.world 1 month ago
And I hear those damn Zooks eat their bread with the buttered side down.