Or think of all of the people who have to contend with the daily wince of having a "work twin"—another person of color from a vaguely similar ethnic background (or a wholly dissimilar one) with whom they are constantly confused by their colleagues. To state the obvious: these are not doppelgangers. There are no uncanny similarities between the people involved—it's just the way race continues to break so many of our brains.

XREF: Connects to literature on racial microaggressions and the psychology of intergroup perception, where outgroup members are seen as more homogenous than ingroup members. SEED: Could fuel an essay on everyday experiences of racialized depersonalization in professional settings and how colleagues rationalize persistent misidentification.

Naomi Klein, Doppelganger, loc. 918