There was a time when folks would (or try to) “pass for white” to cross a barrier between the races and receive whatever perceived social privileges were to be had for doing so.
Now, thanks to government set-asides and entitlements, and “diversity”, you have shameless opportunists (like Warren) who will exploit any loophole or wrinkle to “pass” for Cherokee (or whatever “minority” they want to be) for their own professional and political advancement.
Nobody tries to pass for “white” anymore. There’s nothing in it! There’s entitlements and breaks from the government, advancement, and an odd prestige in somehow being able to claim to being anything other than “white.”
My grandma passed herself off as Latina to avoid discrimination.
Then they keep telling us to, “Check your white privilege.”
I’m thinking of writing a song to be titled I AIN’T GOT NO WHITE PRIVILEGE AND I CAN’T GET NO WHITE PRIVILEGE, AIN’T NOBODY SEEN NONE ROUND HERE SINCE 1963.