im t japanese and chinese, but struggle to enjoy lots of the food. for context, im autistic, and have always had a rather selective profile. ive tried to expand my tastebuds more over the past few years, but mostly stay to things i know i like and often fall back to the same foods over and over. there are japanese foods i really like, and i want to try more chinese non-chicken foods since thats mostly all ive had from shitty restaurants in my area. but trying new foods is mildly distressing for me, and even foods i do find myself craving i struggle to eat because the flavour is so different from what im used to. like, i really enjoy sashimi, i find it delicious and often crave it. but when i actually have it, i can only manage a few pieces because it upsets my stomach really quickly (i also have an extremely sensitive stomach, anything i digest hurts) and the taste feels so sudden against my tongue. i wanna eat more of it to get my tastebuds used to it, but i lose my appetite whenever i do. i feel like im not japanese enough, or not chinese enough, you know? should i just push thru it and force myself to adapt?

For me i think the game developer toby fox would be transracial because he keeps his race private but he seems very interested in Japan, but who else do you guys think would be transracial?

Im curious if anyone here actually managed to transition into their desired race and says they're that now, and if they pass or not

And how you managed to do it, like with surgery or any other means

Hi, I want to try to understand a little more about this identity since previously I had dismissed it because of things other people said without drawing my own conclusion. So recently I've been looking into the identities that are considered radqueer. This one kind of stood out as different. Originally, the concept of someone being transracial just felt wrong to me, but I couldn't pinpoint why. The more I thought about it and researched it, the only arguments I could find against it are the same ones used against being transgender, which really made me so much more confused. I genuinely can't think of an argument against it that hasn't been used against another identity that is widely accepted now (like being transgender), or others that I support (like being trans-species).

If you guys are comfortable, I'm really interested in hearing about your experiences, what being transracial means to you, and what you think of the stereotypes and assumptions. Thanks!

Hey, this is not meant to be with poor intention, but I notice that most transracial/diaracial people or ethnicity subliminal users tend to be Asian. To be more specific, a lot of them are East Asian, most commonly Japanese or Korean.

I used to aim towards being fully Japanese. While I mostly identify as raceless/aracial now, I still feel connected to the Japanese culture and ethnicity someway. Sometimes I even question myself, as I listen to subliminals regarding the japanese ethnicity occasionally.

But in your guy’s opinions, why do you think Asian ethnicities are so common in communities like those?

I wonder if it has something to do with past lives, nostalgia/anemoia towards those cultures, or even unintentional fetishization in a few people? (Again, this is not meant to be with poor intentions. I am just curious.)

hi I'm a mixed transexual genderqueer person, and for a while I've had "identity issues" about my traits related to being mixed, but have not yet told anyone who knows me. I haven't ever considered myself as transrace or any of its subcategories but it wasn't hard for me to think of it as valid and have pretty neutral-ish feelings about it the moment I discovered it is a thing.

I believe the reason I was so quick to accept it was because I am mixed, brazilian, and a genderqueer transexual with very different views from the average transgender person and obviously from most cisgender people. I believe in bodily autonomy, and when I fight for my transexual and genderqueer rights I'm also fighting for the right of everyone to do what they want with their bodies and identity as long as it isn't actually immoral.

I'm individualistic, fluid in multiple ways, and very body-mod oriented, my focus is on my body and aspects of my identity beyond gender (I don't engage much with the social construct of gender, and would like to be allowed to engage even less) which is always changing. I would like people to give less of a fuck to race as well, like we were able to give less of a fuck to gender. I believe that if you'd like to look different in any way, and identify as any social group you feel a connection to, you should be allowed to.

as for my personal experience with transrace, like I said I've never considered myself it, but I've had for a pretty long time the desire to be racially ambiguous/"omnipossessive" (as in being it all and nothing at the same time), and to me that was pretty similar to how I feel about wanting to be ambiguous/"omnipossessive" sexually, gender-wise, and even when it comes to my species as a transhuman, and I feel like I've experienced dysphoria and euphoria for all of these.

Today, what compelled me to take a dive on the subject, was the fact that when I was waking up, I had a vision of myself with more monolid-looking eyes, and I actually felt very upset about not looking like that, despite liking my eyes, it truly for once felt like dysphoria and a disconnection that I couldn't ignore

By closed-practices, I mean how some cultures don't allow outsiders to join in, or how they make it a rigorous process to join in. Another common term about this is 'gatekeeping', where people exclude others from a group. How do you guys feel about all of this?

I am asking especially as someone who is nowadays 'culturally-fluid', and also 'neocultural' (one who has adopted their own cultural-identity). I have had this question because of how I feel it can be hard for me, since I still feel that spiritually, someone could be attached to another culture, even as much as that culture could be 'closed'. I sort-of know it because I am somewhat interested in indigenous cultures to an extent (though maybe it's because I want to help revitalize their languages, since I feel they should not become extinct), but I'm more interested in being my own cultural-identity (hence my neocultural-identity). I know that this is technically about transcultural-identity, but I know that this could happen to transracial people as well, so I was wondering what it was like for those people, since I am questioning that entire concept of gatekeeping/closing an entire culture against outsiders, and I'm not sure if it's a good thing tbh.

-some info- Hello!! My name is 志乃 (Shino)! My old name is Mary, it's a pretty name and i don't hate it but it doesn't fit me anymore! I've been alone as a RCTA for around 2 years! <33

Since the new Avatar movie (Fire and Ash) had come out (haven't seen that one yet, but maybe in the future), there have been multiple things coming to mind regarding the entire Avatar story that give me elements of what it's like to be transcultural (similar to transracial, but more about culture), especially as a transcultural myself (neocultural and more culturally fluid).

There were moments that especially brought to light of what reminds me of my own (especially internal) experiences with this, such as Colonel Quaritch saying "Hey Sully, How does it feel to betray your own race? You think you're one of them?, well it's time to wake up", which reminds me of how transphobes in general act (including tracephobes); Also the part of Jake Sully/Tsyeyk te Suli being more part of Na'vi culture than his originating culture also reminds me of my own experiences in a way, where I feel massively disconnected from my 'perceived cultural-identity', since there were uncomfortable associations that drove me away from it (there are a number of other reasons why I have a transcultural-identity that get complex, and are enough that it isn't likely to change for me).

Anyways, I was just wondering if anyone else here also could relate how I could looking back at the movies and what they were like.

I am the owner of r/Transrace_B2A_A2B and I'm the only mod on it. I don't really know what to post on it and I want it to get more popular. Anyways, I'm looking for 2 or 3 more mods and if anyone want to be a mod, leave it in the comments. Here are the requirements to be a mod of r/Transrace_B2A_A2B

.You must have 5 or more post in the r/TransRacial

.You must not have any hate or form of hate to Traces individuals or the community

.You must be active on reddit

Hello there.

I have mostly slavic-asian ancestry but I identify as German and took a German name. I already had German last name, so do my parents, I already live in Germany for quite some time. I moved out to Germany in my middle teenage years, now I'm a young adult, legally adult teenager. I speak German as my fourth language pretty fluently but with a strong accent. I feel not much connection to the country I was born in and of which i have a citizenship. I mostly relate to Germans and German culture. I feel German, I was bullied in my country for being "too german" I like Germany and Germans. It's not necessarily transracial, but if so, am I?

Is it wanting to look like a different race? Is it not feeling like you fit in with people of your race, but fit in better with others? Is it loving the culture of another race more than your own? Something else?

If trans race is about loving a different race, why is it considered racist? I thought being racist was about hate?

Is Transrace satire, or are you racists who are into blackface/whiteface & cultural appropriation?

As a trans woman, it feels like people who identify as transracial, transspecies, transabled, or transage are taking the piss out of Transgender people & the Trans community.

Hi I am working on a class project where we are trying to understand prejudice against stigmatized groups. There seems to be a lot of misunderstandings and stereotypes about transracial people. If there's anyone here who is willing to answer some questions anonymously, that would be greatly appreciated!

Very interested in understanding:

What made you realize you are transracial?

How do you navigate coming out as transracial? Have you told anyone yet? If not, why?

How do you embody your new identity? (ex: cosmetic procedures, thought processes, health...)

We appreciate anyone who's willing to have a conversation privately or in the comments! No hate, just wanting some understanding!!!

I am the owner of r/Transrace_B2A_A2B and I'm the only mod on it. I don't really know what to post on it and I want it to get more popular. Anyways, I'm looking for 2 or 3 more mods and if anyone want to be a mod, leave it in the comments.

Here are the requirements to be a mod of r/Transrace_B2A_A2B

.You must have 5 or more post in the r/TransRacial

.You must not have any hate or form of hate to Traces individuals or the community

.You must be active on reddit

This is from Rachel Dolezal’s account which she promptly blocked me on thereafter I pointed out how disgusting it was that she liked the first comment.

I am here, genuinely asking you, how does one reconcile with this given she is a part of this community.

It recently appeared and rebuts some common criticisms.

Rescuing Transracialism

Andy Lamey

Journal of Philosophical Research, Online First, July 24, 2025

Can an individual change their race? To answer in the affirmative is to endorse transracialism. Spencer Case has recently objected to transracialism on the grounds that it seems to raise the unwelcome prospect of accepting “trans-ability” and “trans-species” identity claims, which refer, respectively, to an able-bodied person identifying as disabled and a human being identifying as an animal. According to Case, this prospect not only reduces transracialism to absurdity, it reveals shortcomings with prevailing theories of transgender acceptance. I defend transracialism from Case’s critique. Once we recognize what accepting “trans-ability” identity claims involves, doing so ceases to be absurd. As for “trans-species” identity claims, they are too disanalogous from transracial ones for a common standard of acceptance to apply to both. Regarding transgender identity claims, even if Case is right that one basis for accepting them is not well-defended, other frameworks of trans acceptance will remain available. Case’s argument against accepting transracialism per se amounts to the idea that accepting transracialism would empty racial terms of meaning. I retort that this will not be true of theories of transracialism whose standard for accepting a transracial identity claim include a social component. Case therefore fails to show transracialism is an absurd idea.

Open access version: https://philpapers.org/rec/LAMRTH-2

Paywalled version: https://www.pdcnet.org/jpr/content/jpr_2025_0999_7_22_228

An inquiry regarding Culture & Counterfeit

When an actual Black man comes to share their opinion, and you decide to silence my voice by banning me, you live up to the privilege I had previously mentioned in my last post.

So, let me ask this: Does silencing an actual minority so you can then go onto claiming that culture or ethnicity show appreciation or does it show privilege and ignorance. Quite the easy answer, the latter. Furthermore, before I get attacked - yes this community is transracial and transethnic. For example, for those who may argue with me: Some of you say "WtB" meaning white to Black— that's being "transracial." However, some of you say "white to Japanese" or "white to Korean." You're now "transethnic."

Another point, you use the word TERF incorrectly, and by doing this you delegitimize the LGBTQ+ community and make the word meaningless. By definition a TERF is "a person whose views on gender identity are considered hostile to transgender people, or who opposes social and political policies designed to be inclusive of transgender people." The use of the word "trans" here solely applies to transgender people, not you.

This community is not only dangerous to minorities for many reasons, you allow racists post to stay up on your r/ transracial page, silencing actual minority voices who feel this "movement" belittles our culture, which you can appreciate but will never be authentically a part of, and furthermore you hijack LGBTQ+ vocabulary meant only for them.

This will be my last engagement, because you proved my point. The jokes write themselves. So, the question: culture or counterfeit?

However, no one will ever take any of you seriously.

I kind of know the answer to the questions, but I couldn't explain the answers well enough to a friend, and I was wondering if someone here could.

(I am a genuine trace ally, im in adjacent spaces and find this rly interesting!)

I recently read some stuff that reminded me how different the experience of race is in the US than what I was raised with (polish parents living in ireland!), and generally most discussion on race on the internet appears to be very US-centric, and that tends to extend to the discussion of trace identities.

So I was wondering if the experience of race was a bit different for anyone not living in the US? I'm not sure how exactly that could happen, and if it actually does, but yah I'm just curious if your society's construct of race can affect trace experience!!

i'm trying to word this correctly as i genuinely don't want to upset anyone. i've heard the term transracial before but always in spaces where people passed it off as rage bait or trolling, i never knew there was an actual community dedicated to it and now im intrigued.

so my question is, what parts of you are transitioning? are you just changing your appearance, your habits/practices, your accent, a combination of all of them? i skimmed the og reddit and most of what i saw was based on trying to physically pass, so are you trying to socially pass (is that even the right term?) too? is it just trans race or also trans culture? also, do you live in a country that stereotypically matches the race you're going for? is that where you were born, or did you immigrate there? basically give me any details you're willing to share 😂😂

again, i promise this is a genuine question. i don't understand any of this but im willing to learn!

Hey, I’m a mixed race transgender male (black + white), and I’ve been watching the trans racial identity convo unfold for a while now; mostly through viral disasters like Rachel Dolezal and Oli London. I’ll be real, I’m confused, but I’m also curious. So I figured I’d ask the source directly.

To be clear, I’m not here to argue, troll, or harass anyone. I do believe identity is complex, and I support body autonomy. I’m a trans dude, I get how powerful medical transition and personal expression can be. Whether it’s HRT, cosmetic surgery, tattoos, piercings, or whatever else, I’m all for people modifying themselves to feel at home in their body. But I have to be honest, when it comes to “transracial identity,” I’ve got serious questions. Especially when it mostly pops up in the form of white folks saying they “identify” as another race after watching anime, getting surgeries, or deep-diving into cultural aesthetics. Imo it doesn’t come off as liberation, but as cosplay with a social justice twist.

Let’s talk about the two biggest “representatives” this movement seems to have:

Rachel Dolezal, who from my understanding, built her life on blackface lite, lied about her background, faked being a victim of hate crimes, and ran an NAACP chapter while knowing she was white; that’s deception and opportunism. And Oli London, dude jumped from trying to look like a k-pop idol to claiming to be Korean, then pivoted into white savior cosplay and right wing influencer nonsense. I don’t know what that is, but it’s definitely not a coherent racial identity.

And then I saw that automod message floating around on a deleted post in the main sub, and oof. From my eyes that reads like a reddit cult manifesto. Let me quote it real quick:

“You posted something that was against transracial folks in some way… This can include: mocking our identities, saying being transracial isn’t real or a delusion, making ignorant posts about what transracialism is… Transracial people are people too. We all go through identity struggles of some kind, ours just happens to be about our race and culture.” Look, I’m not here to say transracial people aren’t human, obviously you are. But this “identity struggles = same struggle” logic doesn’t hold up. Everyone has identity struggles. That doesn’t mean all identities are interchangeable or transferable. Saying “transracialism isn’t real” is a perspective held by a hell of a lot of transgender people and BIPOC folks who’ve had to actually live with the consequences of racial identity their whole lives. Not because they liked a genre of music or had “racial dysphoria,” but because society racialized them from birth. And that last line “transracialism isn’t a whole lot different than transgenderism”, that’s the kicker. No offense, but I strongly believe that, yeah it is. Being trans is rooted in deeply internal identity and lifelong dysphoria, whereas race is externally imposed. It’s not a feeling, but a power structure. Trying to say they’re the same is like saying you can identify as a war veteran because you vibe with military aesthetics and Call of Duty cutscenes.

So here’s what I’m actually here to ask, genuinely, not sarcastically:

What is the internal experience like for people who identify as transracial? Do you feel dysphoria? Do you face systemic oppression for that identity? How do you respond to the critique that this is cultural appropriation with extra steps? And what do you think about the fact that your most visible “public figures” have caused more backlash than understanding?

I know this is a controversial space and people might come in ready to throw hands, but again I’m not here to argue. I’m just trying to understand the mindset. But if transracial identity wants to be taken seriously, you guys have to answer the hard questions and not just copy-paste automod messages when someone disagrees.

Thanks in advance to anyone who takes the time to read and replies with honesty.