But there is some kind of weird racial politics in the book because of the Italian discussion, right?

Ethnicity.

Yes, finally an episode on the Italian discussion.

Caruso and Grant have, they have sparked a, and this is something that was really on a lot of people's laundry lists in 2007. They have sparked a national dialogue about race.

And its electoral payoff of the conversation led to today's practice of all candidates submitting

their DNA tests along with their tax returns.

Although the experts kept insisting on the limited validity of the test since the 2020s,

the results have enabled politicians to demonstrate that they are all racial and ethnic hybrids.

What?

Great.

I can't believe you buried this.

This is the best part of the whole book.

Well, it's just the, I don't, like, he talks about, like, whiteness and, and you know more people are becoming considered white and like uh

you know diversity and having a mixed background is sort of like a lot of becomes like a lotable and

celebrated thing in america uh which is is I guess, but I don't know.

It's just, it's the idea that people are going to be submitting their DNA, Elizabeth

Moore.

I mean, he kind of predicted Elizabeth Warren in a way, but it's like this is a good thing.

He's imagining that in the future, when you do your taxes, you also send in some hair and some spit so that they can attach your racial and ethnic identity to your taxes.

And this is a good thing because it makes everyone realize we're all the same.

They get that right?

Yeah. Just look at the greed levels. They get that right? Yeah.

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