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Ahmad Al Ahmad
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In the novel The Human Stain by Philip Roth, a professor at a college in the Northeast is forced into early retirement after he is accused of racism. The charge turns out to be ironic when the reader learns that the professor has a secret. The professor was born to African American parents and has been covering up his heritage and living as a white man his whole adult life. Of what is this an example?

A) reverse discrimination
B) hegemony
C) individual discrimination
D) passing

Passing

Presenting yourself as a member of a different group than the stigmatized group to which you belong.

Hegemony

Term developed by Antonio Gramsci to describe the cultural aspects of social control, whereby the ideas of the dominant group are accepted by all.

Discrimination

Unjust or prejudicial treatment of different categories of people, especially on the grounds of race, age, or gender.

  • Comprehend the prevalence and implications of interracial relationships and racial passing.
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