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I’d say the cause is societal because it’s popular to become part of a protected class. You can’t change your race but you can change this.
by mlindner 4y ago
I’d say the cause is societal because it’s popular to become part of a protected class. You can’t change your race but you can change this.
- xwdv 4y agoI’m honestly surprised why you can’t change your race. Race, like gender, isn’t really a real thing beyond an abstract human concept. If you want to identify as black why not simply say you are black? Especially if you can pass as black without further modifications? Most people’s lineages aren’t even so pure that you can say they are a pure example of a certain “race” anyway. We just accept people at face value. You could be 50% black and say you’re black and people accept it wholeheartedly (i.e. Barack Obama) So why not 40%? Or 5%?
- birdyrooster 4y agopeople see race as a proxy to lineage when it really isn't appropriate and leads to the doublespeak you are highlighting. nonetheless, the reason its not accepted to change race is because the adopting person would be, in the eyes of many, adopting a lineage which is not theirs. that lineage is one that is likely attached to suffering and there is cultural and potentially financial reparations that are occurring for people from these lineages who identify as black. these reparations, if taken by someone from another lineage, would be theft