# "Direction" of (fake or real) ethnic identities

**URL:** <https://boards.straightdope.com/t/direction-of-fake-or-real-ethnic-identities/929285>\
**Category:** In My Humble Opinion\
**Created:** [December 30, 2020, 6:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/direction-of-fake-or-real-ethnic-identities/929285 "2020-12-30T18:36:28Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 4\
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**Author:** ![Fotheringay-Phipps](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/d9b06d/32.png) [@Fotheringay-Phipps](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Fotheringay-Phipps)\
**Post date:** [April 5, 2021, 9:05pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/direction-of-fake-or-real-ethnic-identities/929285/41 "2021-04-05T21:05:41Z")

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[White People Keep Posing As People of Color for Clout](https://www.vice.com/en/article/z3vpn4/white-people-keep-posing-as-people-of-color-for-clout-identity-theft-racial-appropriation-v28n1)

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**Author:** ![QuickSilver](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/quicksilver/32/7832_2.png) [@QuickSilver](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/QuickSilver)\
**Post date:** [April 5, 2021, 9:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/direction-of-fake-or-real-ethnic-identities/929285/42 "2021-04-05T21:42:38Z")

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I think you mean the [Pulp-principle](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yuTMWgOduFM).

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**Author:** ![mikecurtis](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/mikecurtis/32/3284_2.png) [@mikecurtis](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/mikecurtis)\
**Post date:** [April 5, 2021, 10:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/direction-of-fake-or-real-ethnic-identities/929285/43 "2021-04-05T22:20:08Z")

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**MrDibble** “ninja’d” you by 3 months…see post #35

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**Author:** ![naita](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/naita/32/5862_2.png) [@naita](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/naita)\
**Post date:** [April 6, 2021, 11:54am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/direction-of-fake-or-real-ethnic-identities/929285/44 "2021-04-06T11:54:21Z")

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I even acknowledged it at the time …

> [@naita](#):
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> Right … I’m of the right age to be expected to know the difference, but didn’t care enough at the time. Mea culpa!

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