You raise some very interesting points here. I think it comes down to labels. As our society grows and the chance of anonymously slipping down the cracks increases, we get applied and apply ourselves with more and more labels in an effort to be accepted, be identified and to know ourselves.

I was rejected for being English when I came to this country. I tried, as an 8 year old, to lose everything English, accent, words and even hid my parents with shame :( The thing is while you may pass as whatever you are trying to be, deep inside you know you never fit. But you can't go back to where you originated either, as you turned to back. You become what I term as a "Displaced Person" who never knows where they belong.