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208114, why is that left up to you adjudicate and understand? Posted by Vex_id, Fri Jun-12-15 04:06 PM
>but i don't think people wake up and say they feel their race >internally >what is that? >how does someone feel black without any societal context that >identifies them as such?
How does someone feel male/female without any societal context that identifies them as such?
It's not necessary that you understand how somebody might wake up and "feel like a woman" - most people accept that person's right to feel that way and afford them to creative space to self-identify.
Why is your comprehension necessary in order to validate somebody who feels like their census report "race" categorization isn't sufficient to identify them.
>if it's based on the things they identify with culturally >(like music or clothes or taste in a partner), that doesn't >require that a person's skin be a certain color to embrace it >so i don't think the comparison is an appropriate one.
I think what's confusing about this topic is that we still don't really have a strong sense of what "race" is - likely because it's a flimsy construct that is wholly limited, which is why "transracial" theory even developed in the first place.
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