“The same person can be, without any contradiction, an American
citizen, of Caribbean origin, with African ancestry, a Christian, a
liberal, a woman, a vegetarian, a feminist, a heterosexual, a
believer in gay and lesbian rights, a theater lover, an environmental
activist, a tennis fan, a jazz musician, and someone who is deeply
comitted to the view that there are intelligent beings in outer space
with whom it is urgent to talk (preferably in English). Each of these
collectivities, to all of which this person simultaneously belongs,
gives her a particular identity. None of them can be taken to be the
person's only identity or singular category.”
- Amartya Sen, Identity & Violence: The illusion of Destiny.
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