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'''Basic Trope''': A character hides their race or ethnic background.

* '''Straight''': Rachel, a Jewish woman in a predominantly Christian neighborhood, hides her Jewish heritage.
* '''Exaggerated''': Every non-WASP character hides their background, even from the government.
* '''Downplayed''': Rachel is only half-Jewish, but she hides her copy of the Torah when her neighbor Christine comes to visit.
* '''Justified''':
** Rachel lives in an anti-Semitic area and has to make sure she won't get hate crimed.
** A character is the result of an affair and hides their 'ethnic' side to naturalize.
* '''Subverted''': Rachel doesn't hide her Judaism because the neighbors don't see her religion as a big deal.
* '''Implied''': Rachel usually wears a necklace with the Star of David on it, but she's seen hiding the necklace when going through a certain neighborhood.

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