Class was what formed you, but didn’t travel to other cultures — it became invisible abroad. In foreign places, you were singled out by religion and race, but not class, which was more indecipherable than any other mother tongue. He’d learnt that not only were light, language, and weather contingent — class was too. Amit Chaudhuri
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Class is an invisible thing. It is what defines us in our lives, but it is what allows us to be different to people of other classes. We are defined by our class, but it doesn't define us in the way that religion or race does. We can change our class, but we cannot change our religious views or the color of our skin.

The class system helps to separate people. It is a way for people with different backgrounds to come together and form a community, but it also causes conflict between different groups of people, especially in places where class is not widely known or understood. It is only in foreign lands that another person would look at you and say ‘you are the daughter of this man' or ‘you are of this family.'

Source: Odysseus Abroad

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