Should People Be Allowed To Be Transracial?

[ataraxia]

race is not a social construct, culture is.

Race is a social construct. It is not a biological/scientific category.

Race Is a Social Construct, Scientists Argue

Racial categories are weak proxies for genetic diversity and need to be phased out

www.scientificamerican.com

 

[Andalublue]

Populations that shares certain characteristics in higher frequencies than other populations of that species.

So, by that logic, left-handed people might constitute a separate race.

 

[bomberfox]

race is not a social construct, culture is.

Sure it is. Why do you think the irish were considered a mongrelized race between the anglo saxon and the African.

 

[bomberfox]

Race is a social construct. It is not a biological/scientific category.

Race Is a Social Construct, Scientists Argue

Racial categories are weak proxies for genetic diversity and need to be phased out

www.scientificamerican.com

The only real “races” that could realistically be called that died off millions of years ago.

 

[bomberfox]

I suppose if one can be transsexual, one can be transracial, transformer or any other trans. That's where we're headed.

Trans humanism here we goooooooooo!

 

[Ren]

Nope, physically impossible to be a different race from the one you are born as.

Exactly. Biology trumps pronouns 6 days a week and twice on Sunday.

 

[uptower]

Sorry this is ****ing hilarious. The Right are still bitching on about Dolezal as if anyone gave a shit then or she matters now. They really need to update their scrapbooks and poster children for 'everything I want to pin on the left.'

 

[calamity]

I suppose if one can be transsexual, one can be transracial, transformer or any other trans. That's where we're headed.

Including transphobic

 

[uptower]

Including transphobic

Trust me they're already there