To my previous thought experiments, add these: Would he and Pete get the same reception if they were men of color or, for that matter, didn't look so much like they'd just stepped out of the pages of a J. Crew catalog?
Emizamweni yalokho ebengikucabangile phambilini, engeza lokhu: Ingabe yena noPete bangamukeleka ngendlela efanayo ukuba bebengamadoda ampisholo noma, mhlawumbe, ukube bebengabukeka sengathi basanda kuphuma ebhukwini le-J. Crew?