White woman pretends to be black for prestige

[Valmy]

No, seriously.  If a person man can decide that he feels  that he really is a woman and starts begins cross dressing and demanding that people refer to him as a woman, how is that different then a person who decides they feel "black" darkens their skin, and demands that people regard them as black?  Honest question here.

I don't know. I mean my experience on trans issues is colored by the fact the one trans dude I know in real life was obviously a boy as a toddler in a way that is hard to explain. I have never seen anything so visceral in mistaken race ID. But in either case I don't really care. Me pretending you are black doesn't really involve me doing anything I wouldn't do if you were white. Besides race is self-identified in the US isn't it?

[derspiess]

A few years ago I made the decision to identify as Argentine.  I appreciate all the support from you folks

edit: I'm considering growing my hair out and having my nose lengthened.  I've already started wearing my dress shirts with the top three buttons undone.

[MadImmortalMan]

We don't know what she has or hasn't gotten from this without checking her bank accounts.  What she has gotten out of it are opportunities (Malthus mentioned the attention aspect) that would not be open to a white woman.  And local chapter NAACP Prez is a pretty good resume builder.

Nah, the only thing we really know she's gotten is a free education. That's not chump change, but it's not permanent rentier status either.

[Valmy]

The "transabled" thing now being talked about is a hoot. 

You can go pretty far down the rabbit hole alright.

[Valmy]

A few years ago I made the decision to identify as Argentine.  I appreciate all the support from you folks

I will write the Argentine government on your behalf Senor Spice

[Grey Fox]

A few years ago I made the decision to identify as Argentine.  I appreciate all the support from you folks

edit: I'm considering growing my hair out and having my nose lengthened.  I've already started wearing my dress shirts with the top three buttons undone.

So, you are a Communist.

[derspiess]

A few years ago I made the decision to identify as Argentine.  I appreciate all the support from you folks

edit: I'm considering growing my hair out and having my nose lengthened.  I've already started wearing my dress shirts with the top three buttons undone.

So, you are a Communist.

No.  I think I'll be the wealthy agricultural baron type of Argie.  Everyone I know who is into farming down there is making a buttload of money.

[Malthus]

A few years ago I made the decision to identify as Argentine.  I appreciate all the support from you folks

edit: I'm considering growing my hair out and having my nose lengthened.  I've already started wearing my dress shirts with the top three buttons undone.

So, you are a Communist.

No.  I think I'll be the wealthy agricultural baron type of Argie.  Everyone I know who is into farming down there is making a buttload of money.

Say hi to Hitler when you run into him. He must be getting on in years now.   

[derspiess]

I'll tell him you said heil.

[Ideologue]

If she only claimed to be black would it then be okay?

It would be like converting to Judaism. Her soul was always black

No, seriously.  If a person man can decide that he feels  that he really is a woman and starts begins cross dressing and demanding that people refer to him as a woman, how is that different then a person who decides they feel "black" darkens their skin, and demands that people regard them as black?  Honest question here.

One, I'm sure it's not an honest question. Two, one is a sexual identity, which is intimate and determines at a fundamental level how one relates to one's own sexuality (not to mention how others do), while the other is almost exclusively about community identity and social fellowship.

One's about fucking, the other's about hanging out and civic activities.

[Ideologue]

Transablism, meanwhile, is a mental illness and economic sabotage, and is prima facia grounds for sterilization and/or transportation to the gulag.

[Maximus]

Besides race is self-identified in the US isn't it?

Exactly. If she says she's black, she's black. There's no objective definition to prove her wrong.

[Martinus]

What does she do for set-up and performance then?

[Martinus]

Anyway, isn't it funny how people don't bat an eye when someone says they are a different gender, but it's a huge no-no with race?

[Ideologue]

Anyway, isn't it funny how people don't bat an eye when someone says they are a different gender, but it's a huge no-no with race?

No, Raz.