No, you can't identify as 'transracial'. But you can affirm your gender

I’m a transdoctor

 

I feel like the article you linked explains pretty sufficiently why this is though.

 

I feel like that's a pretty big difference though that needs much more of a counter?

Also, how do you address 'transracialism' for people that might want to use it for example to cheat a system? What if a white coach decided he was black so that he could get more interviews, for instance, or just, in general, have access to benefit programs used to lift minority groups up? I think the article hits on that too, that they can take the benefits of something and none of the consequences all while hurting people that can't just be transracial. My black ass can't just decide to be white one day on the flip side but because of how America has constructed racism it's a lot easier for a non-black person to pretend they are black.

Transgenderism is a completely different thing, it's something we've known for a long time now with tons of study and research behind it and as mentioned, it's not a choice, also, I think the article brings up a good point. It's not harming anyone externally, while transracialism can hurt the minority groups that have no choice but to always be that minority.

 

If someone who is not one race wants to identify as another race I have no problem inherently with it. I know many people who aren't Asian but love Asian culture and to the extent that they want to identify with it I think it's great. The only issue I would have with it is don't claim you are Korean just because you like K-Pop, or Japanese because of Anime but learn more about the culture and the language.

In the case of Rachel Dolezal the issue wasn't just that she identified as black but was also seeking to get positions and claim history as a black person, such as that her and her family were racially discriminated. I think if she had just said she is a white person who identifies as a black person and while her family background history were different she has deep empathy for the struggles of black Americans I don't think that would've been much of an issue.

To give a personal example as someone who plays Irish music who ethnically or racially isn't the same as most Irish people. I've been to Ireland but my family wasn't from there. I've been accused of cultural appropriation. I've also though not just played the music because I like The Dropkick Murphys (who aren't an actual Irish Band) but have also learned the history and culture of Ireland. It's not enough just to sing Foggy Dew because I heard Sinead O'Connor sing a cool version of it but to learn about the Easter Uprising. It's not enough to play at a bar called "Finn McCool" and think it's a fun place to party on St. Pat's but also learn who Fionn Mac Cumhail was.

I'm not going to claim though that my family came from the hills of Kerry or that great great uncle Seamus came over on a Coffin Ship from Galway.

 

Should we let people wearing John Stockton jerseys identify as a ROCKETS FAN?

 

or poo flingers identify as debaters

 

if you retweet FoxNews over and over again non stop
is that good for you? or FoxNews ?

 

Rachel Dolezal and that dude swimmer are the D&D people of the year

is that Dobro poster Rachel Dolezal?
@Os Trigonum

 

if you misgender someone you commit a hate crime . . . if you mis-race them, what have you done?

 

Race and gender are social constructs. Race is a grouping of several similar biological phenotypes that could be further defined into localized populations (kenyan runners, aborigines, etc) while Biological Sex can be largely pigeonholed into chromosomes and sexual organs.

It's harder to categorize Sexual Preference and Sexual Identity because they're both nature and nurture. Cultural definitions over what's feminine and masculine differ over regions and time periods. In periods of scarcity, morbidly obese fatties were considered sexy and upper status (a proto-Trump...). Things that showed zero manual labor such as being less tanned or having smooth hands were considered desirable and attractive. In the 1600s, women would rather marry and have kids with a skinny and weak looking noble over a Schwarzenegger type if Arnold was just a dumb farmer.

None of these decisions are innate or instinctual.

Humans are socially linked creatures and our capacity to bond drove us to make written and spoken languages across the world over different periods of time. You don't see other animals doing that, but we tend to pick and choose "what is natural" when itcomes to these debates that are steeply rooted in Judeo-Christian-centric morality.

The question remains whether we allow the majority to feel comfortable with the previous status quo that drove a small minority to mass suicides or do we begin to open those bonds to that group and make their conflicted lives a little easier to bear (on the social front).

The line between cultural appropriation vs appreciation is very thin and often blurred. I mean what is really blue eyed soul? Is that some kind of orange chicken white folk feel safe with because they originally didn't like the "exotic smells" and spices of Asian food?

Irish culture is cool now, but it was deeply repressed up until the mid 1900s. Would playing its music be "safe" if it were still looked down across the world? I don't know anymore.

Each debate over the person's intention reduces itself into a battle of perspectives over whether the glass is half full (we're becoming a melting pot in a merit driven society) or half empty (we're assimilating into a preexisting social hierarchy).

 

identifying as another race is stupid

Is there a race change procedure I’m unaware of?

 

@LosPollosHermanos
If humans sent just dudes and trans people to mars
The human colony would die cause no kids would be produced

 

Whatever they did to Barry Bonds

 

Transracial Couple Believes Their Baby Will Be Born Black

Matrina Big and Michael Eurwen, a White German couple who receive melanin injections and identify as Black, appeared on the British television show This Morning to speak about being transracial, changing their skin color and starting a family.

https://www.ebony.com/news/transracial-couple-believes-baby-black/





Just waiting for the first transspecies next...

 

This.

 

WTF!

Just when you think you have seen it all, Germany says hold my beer.

 

there are plenty of transracial cases to point to. Elizabeth Warren for one.

 

that is some fckery of the highest order

I think I’m gonna be white for a week…my new name is Jason