But of course, you could. In this country, today, at the right place, the right time, you could. Researchers conducted a study on race and attitudes a few years ago. Most thought they would think that five million dollars would be reasonable compensation for the loss of their whiteness. Skin color alone would be worth five million dollars.
People somehow conceive that skin color has monetary value.
Because they conceive it this way, it does . I don't know. It seems that something as inalienable and unchangeable as the color of your skin shouldn't be seen as a defect, as something requiring compensation. Just life in these united states, of course. Personally, I always wondered why we were the ones who had to do all the fucking melting.