RE: Can I be Trans-Race or Trans-Class?
April 23, 2017 at 2:46 am
(This post was last modified: April 23, 2017 at 2:51 am by InquiringMind.)
Well, quite a diversity of opinions. I wasn't really asking whether transgender people choose their transgender feelings. I was more talking about the clear logical step that if your gender is decided by your brain and not your genitals, then your race is also decided by your brain and not your skin color. And if it's your brain that decides your race and gender, not your skin color or your genitals, then you can make up pretty much whatever you want about yourself, and you can demand that other people honor your assertions about yourself on the grounds that they feel true, regardless of any outwardly observable biological realities.
And if you can change your race and gender simply by changing your mind about what your race and gender is, then why all the talk about race, gender, and social justice? All you'd have to do to get a pay raise would be to change your mind about your gender identity and race identity. You can say, "I look like a Hispanic female, but I actually identify as a white male and I request that you treat me as a white male for salary purposes."
And if you can change your race and gender simply by changing your mind about what your race and gender is, then why all the talk about race, gender, and social justice? All you'd have to do to get a pay raise would be to change your mind about your gender identity and race identity. You can say, "I look like a Hispanic female, but I actually identify as a white male and I request that you treat me as a white male for salary purposes."
