A Different Perspective on "Paris is Burning"

I was interested in what Schacht says in "Paris is Burning: How Society's Stratification Systems Make Drag Queens of Us All." On page two of the article, he argues "[...] the movie potentially forces the viewer to question the basis of their own seemingly innate social statuses." Not long after I watched this film, my dad called me. He asked me what I was doing, and I told him that I just watched a documentary about drag queens in New York in the '80s. He asked me jokingly if I knew any of them. I laughed uncomfortably and said no. Why would I? I grew up in a little suburb in New Jersey during the 2000s where there are not socioeconomic problems like those discussed in this film. It seemed an odd question for him to ask me, but upon reading this article, it makes sense. I grew up in a bubble and was not exposed to big problems like poverty and racial differences. What I liked about this article is that Schacht continually argues that that is how his students are too for the most part: sheltered and naive. When I was watching this film, I was not making those connections. I felt too detached from it and focused on the identity and performative aspects of the culture, not the social problems that are underlying.