Discussion: Trans...racial?

Legend ReX

Okay, YES--we've all seen the MJ bleaching jokes, but apparently it's actually becoming a thing:

http://nationalreport.net/transracia...west-minority/

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“Transracial” is the accepted term for the members of society which this piece covers. A person who is transracial does not identify with the race they were born into. They instead resonate strongly with a different racial or cultural identity. They claim it is unjust for society to label them by their color of their skin and not how they feel on the inside.

For this piece I sat down with a gentleman who identified as a transracial African American. By all outward appearances he appeared as a Caucasian in his mid to late 30s. However, he claims on the inside he is a proud Nubian warrior, who has fully embraced his adopted culture.

Born Thomas Jenkins to a suburban middle class family, he now chooses to go by the name “Tyrone Jeremiah” and lives his life as a man of color. Tyrone says he faces daily persecution from society because of how he presents himself. Errands as simple as going to the corner market are almost always a confrontational ordeal; One that sometimes ends in violence…

https://shine.yahoo.com/person-trans...202500537.html

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Transracialism is a bit more complicated when compared to transgenderism, because there are some cases in which it is a valid identity. A person who is adopted may identify as a member of his family's ethnicity, even if it doesn't match her own. A white person raised by black parents might understandably self-identify as African-American, since it is a genuine part of her personal background. Since race is partially a social construct, it can be effectively compared to gender in some ways. If a person has the "behavioral, cultural, or psychological traits typically associated with" a different race, and these traits were acquired through familial and cultural influences rather than exploitative affectation, it may be fair to genuinely identify as "transracial."

http://diversitychronicle.wordpress....lpc-president/

Do you think it's possible to be transracial? Thoughts? Mature discussion plz.

that G.U.Y.

I accept people of all trans-identities.

PrettyHurts

No. Bye.

Caesar

I never heard of this until then so Idk

Nikolai.

chilluminati

Nope, sorry. This absolutely ridiculous.

Retro

Yeah, I'm going to guess that in 90% or more of cases, this isn't an acceptable thing.

Wafflecakes

No thanks

Newt

I knew this was going to happen one day

Allie

Wtf

another tumblr trend to add to the list.

Kang.

Retro

It actually seems disrespectful, honestly.

Chrome

Dafuq.

RudeBoyy

Not you trying to coax us into dragging trans people though.

There is no such thing as transracial. One of your picture is clearly mocking black women and the other changed his name to "Tyrone" because he's black now. Neither are worthy of our time.

primo.

I remember someone comparing the two on another board I frequent and I didn't quite know how to respond. There are some parallels but I think comparing is slightly insulting to trans folk.

Legend ReX

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Originally posted by RudeBoyy

Not you trying to coax us into dragging trans people though.

There is no such thug as transracial. One of your picture is clearly mocking black women and the other changed his name to "Tyrone" because he's black now. Neither are worthy of our time.

WOW. Let out that subconscious racism why dontcha?

People always say race is an artificial, cultural construct though; just like gender. If that's the case then I guess it is possible.

FreeXone

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Originally posted by PrettyHurts

No. Bye.

I can't!!! LOL

blaggot

what in the ****

Allie

Some of you in here are the first people to attack someone for saying something you disagree with about trans people, so like it's confusing how you're against this. Maybe you should let people be themselves.

ImmaSlave4u

So basically people adopt the stereotypes of another race and suddenly they're "trans ethnic" BYE!!