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* Why was Elena so fixated on getting her cousin Pilar to come out as a lesbian? Elena knows from personal experience that sometimes, there are people who don’t accept someone who comes out, especially in one’s own family.
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* Why was Elena so fixated on getting her cousin Pilar to come out as a lesbian? Elena knows from personal experience that sometimes, there are people who don’t accept someone who comes out, especially in one’s own family.family.
** Both Elena and Pilar touch on this in the episode. Elena herself is fairly recently out and still kind of on a high from being open about herself and her sexuality, so she's built this utterly false image in her head of Pilar being miserable because she has to hide her true nature. As such she sees it as her duty to help Pilar, even though it turns out that her help is neither wanted nor needed (Pilar is already openly gay, it's just that her immediate family tends to forger/ignore this fact). This is fairly typical of Elena; if she sees a wrong she immediately tries to right it in the most direct (and obnoxious) way possible, and doesn't always consider the implications or consequences of her methods.
** Both Elena and Pilar touch on this in the episode. Elena herself is fairly recently out and still kind of on a high from being open about herself and her sexuality, so she's built this utterly false image in her head of Pilar being miserable because she has to hide her true nature. As such she sees it as her duty to help Pilar, even though it turns out that her help is neither wanted nor needed (Pilar is already openly gay, it's just that her immediate family tends to forger/ignore this fact). This is fairly typical of Elena; if she sees a wrong she immediately tries to right it in the most direct (and obnoxious) way possible, and doesn't always consider the implications or consequences of her methods.
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** She did know the term, and even was the one who described herself as passing when the others pointed out their contrasting looks.
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** She did know the term, and even was the one who described herself as passing when the others pointed out their contrasting looks.looks.
* Why was Elena so fixated on getting her cousin Pilar to come out as a lesbian? Elena knows from personal experience that sometimes, there are people who don’t accept someone who comes out, especially in one’s own family.
* Why was Elena so fixated on getting her cousin Pilar to come out as a lesbian? Elena knows from personal experience that sometimes, there are people who don’t accept someone who comes out, especially in one’s own family.
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* Elena is shown throughout the show to be engrossed with social justice, which begs the question as to how, before "The Turn", she's never heard of the term "white-passing", and how it prevents her from experiencing the discrimination that her family does.
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* Elena is shown throughout the show to be engrossed with social justice, which begs the question as to how, before "The Turn", she's never heard of the term "white-passing", and how it prevents her from experiencing the discrimination that her family does.does.
** She did know the term, and even was the one who described herself as passing when the others pointed out their contrasting looks.
** She did know the term, and even was the one who described herself as passing when the others pointed out their contrasting looks.
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* Elena is shown throughout the show to be a radical activist who's knowledgeable on many social issues. So how's it that before the events of "The Turn" it never occurred to her that her Wonder Bread skin tone might have had something to do with how she received almost no racial discrimination? Surely someone who's that deeply involved with intersectional feminism would've been familiar with the term "white-passing", and how it allows light skinned minorities (like Elena) to benefit from white privilege.
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* Elena is shown throughout the show to be a radical activist who's knowledgeable on many engrossed with social issues. So how's it that justice, which begs the question as to how, before the events of "The Turn" it Turn", she's never occurred to her that her Wonder Bread skin tone might have had something to do with how she received almost no racial discrimination? Surely someone who's that deeply involved with intersectional feminism would've been familiar with heard of the term "white-passing", and how it allows light skinned minorities (like Elena) to benefit prevents her from white privilege.experiencing the discrimination that her family does.
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* Elena is shown throughout the show to be a radical activist who's knowledgeable on many social issues. So how's it that before the events of "The Turn" it never occurred to her that her Wonder Bread skin tone might have had something to do with how she received almost no racial discrimination? Surely someone who's that deeply involved with intersectional feminism would've been familiar with the term "white-passing", and how it allows light skinned minorities (like Elena) to benefit from white privilege.
