I get Noah's perspective, but it is indeed deeply rooted in the USA context and history. And both perspective may both be valid. It's also a symptom of the di

I get Noah's perspective, but it is indeed deeply rooted in the USA context and history. And both perspective may both be valid. It's also a symptom of the divide between two takes on determinism: do you project yourself as mostly determined by your ancestry, your context, or by your choices? French Revolution was a bit of that too, that one ought not be determined, in one's fate, neither by ancestry, neither by tradition, neither by religion; but by one's attachment to the nation, the constitution and one's will, work and accomplishment. Also reminds me of https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Latin_rights https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Latin_rights