You may not find the same issue to affect you if you are plural by choice--if you "seek to go beyond the edges" and wish recognition for it. This is an alternative to the thesis that I try to blend in/minimize my minority aspects because I'm a minority by birth.
There are also those who believe those who are minorities by nature should try to emphasize their identity in a meaningful way, and show pride in it, rather than downplaying it-- to take back your identity after the dominant culture made you feel shame at being what you were. That's what the Autistic Pride movement is about, partly. There are or have been similar movements among a lot of religious/ethnic/sexual minorities.
(I do, for the record, believe there should also be such a thing as multiple pride-- regardless of origin-- although I believe it should take the form of things like saying "we" in places where you can and no one will put you in the loony bin for it, of not associating with friends who don't accept plurality, rather than of acting out in public to prove that you're different people and so on. Subtlety.)
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Date: 2005-08-05 08:14 am (UTC)There are also those who believe those who are minorities by nature should try to emphasize their identity in a meaningful way, and show pride in it, rather than downplaying it-- to take back your identity after the dominant culture made you feel shame at being what you were. That's what the Autistic Pride movement is about, partly. There are or have been similar movements among a lot of religious/ethnic/sexual minorities.
(I do, for the record, believe there should also be such a thing as multiple pride-- regardless of origin-- although I believe it should take the form of things like saying "we" in places where you can and no one will put you in the loony bin for it, of not associating with friends who don't accept plurality, rather than of acting out in public to prove that you're different people and so on. Subtlety.)