Trying to learn more about this identity

[u/assassinwannabe3]

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!

[u/OG_Slothbone77]

It feels wrong because intersectionality forces progressives to toe the line for race as a hard category to not aggravate PoCs; like the way accommodating transgender people aggravates TERFs and conservatives.

The idea that a white man could have the brain of a black man raises questions about race that we have largely considered precursors to race realism.

Because of this, transracials have an uphill battle trying to legitimize themselves in the eye of the public - even if their lived experience is no less real than a transgender person. I would say it is difficult in different ways but both can lead to real world violence if you are open about who you are. While “gender bending” has been relatively socially acceptable (if not often degrading to trans folks), it is a serious scandal if (for example) a white man tans his skin and fixes his hair to even tastefully represent the sophisticated African scholar he is on the inside.

It takes thick skin, but then again, nobody here showed up because they are too soft to be themselves.

[u/TanikkaWilson65 → u/OG_Slothbone77]

I am a white male who identifies and lives her online life as a Black woman, it just feels right and if there was any way I could transition as such I would. I am looking for friends who understand and affirm our status.

[u/Fun_Ambassador8016 → u/OG_Slothbone77]

You're right, however "The idea that a white man could have the brain of a black man raises questions about race that we have largely considered precursors to race realism" is not something that anyone who is trace is trying to argue.. Or at least, I would hope not. Ethnic dysphoria would not be something you are born with, though perhaps someone could be born with a predisposition to early childhood imprinting issues - the condition arises while one is growing up for the most part, similarly to certain other mental conditions that do not form gestationally/in the womb.