I am writing a psychology paper on people's preconceptions & habits as they relate to race & identity. please don't misunderstand this to be racist!
I have observed from personal experience:
1. if a girl is very pretty, people (who ask) are less likely to assume she is Jewish if she has dark features (they may rather think she is Italian, Greek, Spanish, etc.)
2. if a girl is quite plain, or unattractive, (I'm not talking nose here, just in general), she is more likely to be asked if she is Jewish (if she has dark features).
3. I can prove that this is SOMETIMES true because when someone really really pretty is later found out to be Jewish also (not at all saying these 2 things can't sometimes or even often go together), many people will say "really? she doesn't look it."
4. cases of above are: sarah michelle geller, natalie portman, kate hudson or alicia silverstein.
5. i'm not talking about conversions (like elizabeth taylor).
2006-09-18
07:13:58
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katie w
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