>but i figure ppl want to identify themselves culturally
>(religion, region, etc), not to specifically by race. i know
>the two aren't always mutually exclusive but i feel there can
>be fluidity in culture but not race.

Why do you feel that there can be no fluidity in race. Do you also feel
that there can be no fluidity in gender? If not, what distinguishes the two
such that they require wholly different analyses?

>also, i ppl are talking only about race in this country and
>not so much the way race is viewed around the world.

Is that not also the case for gender?


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