Rachel Dolezal

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(06-24-2015, 02:22 PM)JustWinBaby Wrote: Still changing his outward appearance....if it's ok for transgenders, why isn't it ok for transracial people?

It is ok for trans-racial people to change their outward appearance, why shouldn't it be?  It's ok for me to take off my Italia soccer shirt and put on one that says Mexico, but I probably shouldn't try to join the Latin Kings during the process...things might go awry.

All I'm saying is that the idea of MLK and all that black people stuff is that we should not be judged by the color of our skin.  Ok, makes sense, but not being judged by appearances and then going out of your way to darken your skin and  hair and wear a dashiki and put said napped-up hair in corn rowns and/or an afro of sorts is just all sorts of stereotypical and against the initial message.  I'm not saying right vs. wrong, I'm just saying identifying as a race is one thing, but following that up with a veritable checklist of superficial alterations is interesting, if nothing else.

The Bruce/Caitlyn Jenner thing doesn't apply in my mind (not that it matters what I think) because I don't see the internal machinations and what each individual did as a response to be similar enough.