I mean I see a lot of dislikes towards her and really I don't see how being trans racial is any worse or than being transgender. LOl seriously I am not trolling. It's like if she wants to identify as black how is that any worse than people who want to identify as a different gender? Using liberal logic.
I agree lets support trans racial
I only support transgender (explain why)
I don't support either.
I mean white people already try to get their skin darker by fake tanning and black people bleach their skin to make themselves whiter. This woman is just saying it.
Igloo hotel in Finland
Select gender and age to cast your vote:
Please select your age
Why do people accept transgenders but not trans racial?
Well I personally just don't like the idea of being "Transracial", it just doesn't seem right. And while in many ways being Transgendered and "Transracial" have very similar arguments there's a couple key things that I think sets these two apart. ( I'll also be using Transracial in quotation because the word is actually being misused in this context as it's original meaning was meant for parents of one race adopting a child of another race, that being called Transracial adoption.)
My first and probably strongest point being that the number of "Transracial" people now and in history is very very few. Even before some people think being Trans was just a trend there was a lot of history of people being or acting Trans but maybe just not having a word for it. "Transracial" however, to my knowledge, has little to no history. Many people over time have dressed up as another race, usually in a mocking way, but that's obviously not a instance of being "Transracial" just as in a man dressing up in a cheap wig and his Girlfriends dress for Halloween isn't an instance of being Transgender. When you first think of someone being "Transracial" you think of Rachel Dolezal, quite literally only Rachel Dolezal. I mean seriously, name me another person that claims to be "Transracial". If you look at her up bringing it seems pretty clear that the reason she most likely identifies this way is because of the abuse she faced growing up. She was raised in an extremely Christian home where her parents didn't even believe in using medical help during birth and her birth was a particularly hard one which almost killed her mother so she was always looked at in a worse light. They were very strict and her and her brother got regular beatings. They ended up adopting 3 black children which she ended up identifying with more than her monster family and because the children were black she was able to read more about that culture without her parents getting mad.(because they would dictate what she could and couldn't read)
Also how many "Transracial" people identify as Indian, Native American, or Asian? A lot of the people that are trying to look another race are usually idolizing another race or they grew up primarily surrounded by that race.
I agree because essentially gender and race are both social constructs. Gender, not to be confused by sex (there are only 2 sexes) is a societal construct because society deems what is considered masculine and feminine. In the same way, science tells us that there is only one race but as a society we have determined that different phenotypes/ethnic feautures indicate diff race. I think transracial is less accepted because people of some races, black for example, are subject to oppression and microagressions that other races might not be subject to as much, example white people. Therefore when a white person identifies as black, it seems as if they are exploiting the benefits of black peoples culture while bypassing the struggles of having to grow up black.
@TheLittleInnocent because society deems that certain physical traits and skin color indicate different race, but at the end of the day the concept race has no basis in genetics. This article from nat geo explains it better than I could:
@TheLittleInnocent lol basically from a genetic standpoint, there is only one race of humans. & the article I linked does a good job of explaining that. But of course from a societal standpoint, people divide other people into categories like race, ethnicity, etc. but these categories only have meaning because we give them meaning. Meaning humans are the ones that assign certain traits/colors a racial category. The difference between a black person and a white person is only their skin color, hair type, facial feautures. But from a genetic standpoint, a black and white person are both the same species of human. We are not two distinct species or races or breeds or whatever other word you want to use.
Whenever I get stopped by the cops I say you can't do this to me I'm a White Man. Works every time.
Jokes aside It's the Liberal Black woman. If you understand how her mind works you get it. SHE MUST BE TOP white MAN Liberal PET.
She loves the Double minority status so when a white woman or any other woman (Eva Longoria ) threatens her throne she gets angry and destroys.
They know trannys Is nasty but it does affect them not yet but it's starting to. A white woman becoming black or acting black (catch me outside girl) take praise or positions from the liberal black woman
Since 'racial' is a cultural/ethnic identity not a biological category of any kind. identifing as a 'race' is is hardly a problem.
With transgender, the problem is simply that people don't understand there is a difference between sex and gender. Gender is a social/cultural identity. Sex is the plumbing. So trans gender, not a problem.
now doing things like blackface is bad due to some very shitty history of the dominant culture trying to destroy the other cultures at the time.
About your last question, no they probably still wouldn't.. take Oli London for an example, now he hasn't actually said that he's transracial, but he has said that he's about 50% Korean (even tho he's fully white) and gets lots of hate
It certainly wouldn't phase me. If an American couple adopt a child from Veitnam - that child is American no?
I'm white, yet I identify as Australian, are you telling me that is wrong?
That said, what 'people' would accept or not is a different question, and relates to the high numbers of narrow minded and bigoted folks in that group, not with the person in question and their cultural identity.
@Sweetheart666 Most white Australians don't have a strong claim on the identity, at least not as strong as Aborigines for example.
I see myself as Australian because I was born there, but neither of my parents were, our 'history' with the country goes back about 80 years now (and I no longer live there)
I have no heritage claim to the title, having Aboriginal friends doesn't make you native as far as most people think.
Basically this gatekeeping purity bullshit is just that, bullshit.
An important distinction here is between race, ethnicity and nationality. Ethnicity is about blood, you are born with it. Nationality (citizenship) is conferred, and can be changed, but it's not biological, and not necessarily cultural either, because you can choose whether your nationality is very important to you or not. But race is different. Race (distinct from ethnicity) was a concept created by colonial powers to put people in a hierarchy that did not exist before. Race takes the biological fact of ethnicity, adds in stereotypes and prejudice, and places all this in a hierarchy where the "rational" white man is on top and the "savage" African person is at the bottom. Race was invented to say that the white man should conquer others because he knows best. This was backed up by pseudo-sciences like anthropometry, i. e., measuring body parts to determine not just ethnicity but inferiority. For example, you might have heard of hope the Nazis used the stereotype of the "Jewish nose" to claim that Jews are an inferior race, even though many Jewish people are ethnically very close to whites. That's how they disguise race as ethnicity.
@syskerully it's almost like you keep pushing a distinction without a difference. the only true difference between race and ethnicity is the implication.
Both are bullshit. You are what you are born as. Race and sex (sex includes gender) are determined at birth.
How can you change your sex/ gender but not your race? I am positive a good dermatologist can darken or lighten a person skin tone. Think of Michael Jackson.
If a person is born as a true hermaphrodite (which has nothing to do with being trans) a doctor may suggest surgery to cosmetically enhance the person's genitals based are which are more prevalent.
There's no history to being transracial. There is, however, a history of blackface and appropriation... and that's kind of what it looks like she's doing. Transgender people have a long history and cultural traditions specific to certain transgender communities, or specific to certain trans people within a community. This history is quite old, dating back to ancient India, Persia, China, Egypt, various parts of sub-Saharan Africa and ancient Greece, all places with cultures that have at some points in time recognized and valued the place of transgender people. The bigotry that trans people face has always been around but it cannot be denied that they have a presence in history. That's the difference.
10.1K opinions shared on Society & Politics topic.
The same reason they don't accept trans-dolphin, furry or otherkin.
This shit is making bullcrap peddling psychologist money. All so they can tell dimwits what they want to hear, and train them in ways to rationalise it to themselves, before getting the pity of associates and then eventual acceptance from the "woke" brigade.
Instead of whacking them across the ear and stating they are not "quirky" and to behave themselves.
0
0 Reply
Anonymous
(18-24)
+1 y
Here's the thing, as a transgender man I was diagnosed with gender dysphoria by my psychologist so I could even start my medical transition. When it comes to transratial what would ther dysphoria be.. or like that thing that would be the reason for them to "transition"
I guess it’s the same concept, some people are not happy with the sex and even color they were born. Maybe more will want to change color. If you watched the movie series “Time Trax” in the 90s , in the future white people are the minority in every country
Gender is a real thing. Race isn't. Now, if someone identifies with a certain ethnicity and culture that they originally weren't born in, that's totally legitimate and I accept that. If that is meant by "trans race". But I have a feeling that's not what is meant.
0
0 Reply
Anonymous
(36-45)
+1 y
We have to draw a line in the sand somewhere. Do you wanna live in a world where all these white people are getting dark spray tans, dreadlocks, and doing their best black imitations? Putting African American down on job applications etc etc. I think it will become popular to change your race and gender in the future
Yeah I mean how's that worse than being transgender though? Considering how you could apply that same concept with the job applications and all the imitations transgenders could use?
I agree. Its kind of the same thing, but there aren't as many black imitators as there are Trans people so its not socially acceptable yet.. The moment you have like 1 out of 1000 people being black imitators then it will become a new thing that everyone now accepts. Its a numbers thing in my opinion
If we weren't so obsessed with putting everyone into square or round holes the problem wouldn't exist. Without racism and sexism we could all just be what we are without these neuroses.
