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==I can choose to identify as black if I like.== What is the benefit for you? Is it trolling?
by long_time_gone 5y ago
==I can choose to identify as black if I like.==
What is the benefit for you? Is it trolling?
- LatteLazy 5y agoI'm not OP. I generally answer the ethnicity question randomly. This is because: * I don't like be lumped into "white British" * the whole question is rude imho (why does the gym need to know my race and sexuality!?) * services I use shouldn't shouldn't lose "points" because of my colour/religion/sexuality/shoe-size
- inglor_cz 5y agoLet us say that the OP believes in reincarnation and believes that his soul is black, used to live in black bodies, and was mistakenly reincarnated into a white body on this occasion, but still feels black and carries memories of being black. Quite a lot of people on Earth believe in reincarnation and would find such a situation entirely possible. The question is, is a Western country obliged to respect a religious argument like this? Maybe yes. After all, race is said to be a social construct. Why not add reincarnation into the mix.
- long_time_gone 5y agoThis person willfully admitted they are not black, which is far different than your criteria of someone who "believes that his soul is black, used to live in black bodies, and was mistakenly reincarnated into a white body on this occasion, but still feels black and carries memories of being black." The analogy falls apart because the stance is based on trolling, not actual beliefs.
- zo1 5y agoThere are race-based laws in some countries that incentivize, prioritize and make legal the practice of hiring certain races over others. E.g.: https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Black_Economic_Empowerment https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Black_Economic_Empowerment