Now, spoiler alert.

Houses case raises an interesting social question:  Does it damage us to hide our identity, origin or ethnicity?

The person he and the team attempt to cure turn out to have an illness unique to certain races.  So that would lead the viewer to believe that if they had correctly identified themselves, they might have escaped some of the medical testing that they endured to reach a diagnosis.

I am not suggesting that a television program holds the answer to what ails humanity with a subtle social message.  I just find it a very interesting approach to the topic.  Could hiding ones true self be life or death?

I leave you with a much lighter House quote.

House – Fox Network

HOUSE-ISMS
“World’s full of teenage boys riding bareback.”