Race, class, and nationality condition how objects are revealed to me.

Evidence

I mean here the great collective social identities which we thought of as large-scale, all-encompassing, homogenous, unified collective identities, which could be spoken about almost as if they were singular actors in their own right but which, indeed, placed, positioned, stabilized, and allowed us to understand and read, almost as a code, the imperatives of the individual self: the great collective social identities of class, race, nation, gender, and the West. — Stuart Hall, Essential Essays, Volume 2, 188 (#expands, via linked claim)

Categorization

  • XREF: connects to: Perceived race is shaped by class, culture, and perception; Collective identities like class, race, nation and gender positioned the individual self — Stuart Hall, Essential Essays, Volume 2: Identity…, 188; Racial configurations both mask and mitigate class exploitation in unknowable ways — David Theo Goldberg, The Racial State, 127 (+3 more)

Broader Connections