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Common across these examples is that in the areas where a person is a member of the dominant or advantaged social group, the category is usually not mentioned. That element of the person’s identity is so taken for granted that it goes without comment.
Why Are All the Black Kids Sitting Together in the Cafeteria?
Beverly Daniel Tatum
10. Proteus Effect:
In virtual spaces, people become like their avatars. For instance, using a "sexy" avatar tends to make a person more flirtatious. This suggests people's personalities are largely a performance choreographed to social expectations.
My Friends, a New MEGATH...
@G_S_Bhogal on Twitter
In other words, the least-competent people were the least likely to know they were wrong or to know that others were right, the most likely to try to fake it, and the least able to learn anything.
The Death of Expertise
Tom Nichols
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