Dorothy Allison once said, "Class, race, sexuality, gender and all other categories by which we categorize and dismiss each other and need to be excavated from the inside..." This means we always categorize people by race, sexuality, gender, etc. I agree because everywhere you look people are categorized. This can be clearly seen in the book The Big Shuffle like when Hallie goes to a frat party for people who are eighteen years or older only. Unless you had a fake ID. And she plays poker with some of the people who know how to play. And also the doctor at the hospital thinks Bernard, a family friend, is the brother and speaks to him first instead of Hallie, the daughter.