Security analysts invoke their own racial identity to foreclose challenges to their judgments

Evidence

As the judge noted, Pourghoraishi initially attested that “any reasonably aware” person would identify him as Middle Eastern, and as evidence offered his own lawyer’s affidavit of him being “not Caucasian.” The purpose of this testimony, and Pourghoraishi’s adoption of it, was to distinguish the plaintiff from the defendant, the uncontestably white Flying J manager, for the purposes of the Morris test. Yet when the deposition interviewer asked Pourghoraishi if he “looks different than anyone else,” Pourghoraishi said no. Pourghoraishi seemed comfortable stating that his Middle Eastern descent was clearly identifiable but uncomfortable stating that his descent made him look “different than anyone else,” meaning in this case, any other white person. — Neda Maghbouleh, The Limits of Whiteness, 105 (#complicates, via linked claim)

Categorization

• XREF: connects to: Racial self-identification can conflict with claiming discrimination status — Neda Maghbouleh, The Limits of Whiteness: Iranian…, 105

Broader Connections

• Racial self-identification can conflict with claiming discrimination status #complicates (0.72) — Neda Maghbouleh, The Limits of Whiteness, 105