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*This was meant as a reply to Molly's post, but Blogger will not let me reply directly on her post.*

Thank you, Molly, for showing us the connection between Dickens' and Shah's work.

I find it interesting how there are hierarchies and terms that people within a race use for each other. Having grown up in the South, I heard white people use the terms "white trash" and "redneck" for other white people. Sometimes the person using those terms would be in a similar class or just slightly higher.

As far as Chinese people are concerned, there is a divide between native-born Chinese and American-born Chinese. American-born Chinese are referred to as ABC and are sometimes looked down upon by native-born Chinese. In my own experience, ABCs have been referred to as outsiders and also metaphorically as crooked bamboo. Some ABCs refer to native-born Chinese as FOBs (Fresh Off the Boat). That term is used in disdain or a flippant manner and has been equated with the N-word for African-Americans.