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> [“In practice, race was a sliding signifier in Jamaica. The social slippage – the sliding of the signifier – was extensive, constitutive of social life itself. There were wide skin colour variations even within the same family, as was the…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/stuart-hall/in-practice-race-was-a-sliding-signifier-in-jamaica-the-social/)

[Stuart Hall](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/stuart-hall/)

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