(April 13, 2016 at 7:13 pm)BrokenQuill92 Wrote:(April 13, 2016 at 6:58 pm)Brian37 Wrote: Now you are trying to equate delusion and mental illness to transgender? Then you get surprised that people react to you the way they do?
Oh and FYI race is an artificial construct, and "cultural appropriation" is also a bullshit term. Humans have mixed forever. There is no such thing as a pure race. Trace humans back far enough we are all related go back further in DNA history we are related to primates.
That's unfair. You know what CL meant. Because if tried to identify as white, I'd be laughed off the face of the planet. And no cultural appropriation isn't bull, that's called dominant cultures bulldozing minority cultural heritage and picking out the shiny bits they want because "ooh sparkles". And having no understanding or respect for the original meaning.
No it is completely fair because DNA is proven, and it is also proven that skin color is not a "culture" but a matter of your DNA. Social norms are passed down to the next generation, but they also change long term too. We no longer believe in the Egyptian Gods, or the Greek and Roman gods.
And it is perfectly possible for someone with no kids in China, to migrate here, marry someone born here of dark skin tone, have a kid who would not have the same experiences than they would if they had been born and stayed in China.
Even with blacks in America, if they were to move to just about any African country, they would be considered foreigners. Just like not all whites share the same backgrounds. Just like a democratic voting Vermont white is not going to have much in common with a republican voter raised in Mississippi.
Even in Japan my x can tell you depending on where, she has been to parts of Japan where the accent is so different even she has had a hard time understanding her fellow Japanese citizens.
This isn't about destroying anyone's history, this is about stating a simple fact we are all the same species and we have been mixing forever and still do. If we never mixed and social norms never changed our species never would have left the caves.