Irene (Tessa Thompson) rarely passes for white. She fears for her safety too much to do so. When she does, white people, from cab drivers to store clerks, treat her with deference.
See, passing is an act by which a person assumes the racial (or sexual) identity of the dominant culture so they might garner that identity’s advantages.
For instance, in the opening scene, Irene wants to buy a toy for her sons in a white-owned shop; using her sun hat to obscure her eyes and face partially, she purchases the trinket under the allusion of whiteness.
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