If I can identify myself as a specific gender

[hislegacy]

Can I self identify as a specific race?

it was an interesting question posed in a group I am part of.

if you are born biologically one gender and at some point later in life you identify as another, could the same be true for race?

I grew up in an area very close to a strong Polish community, love the culture, love the food, even learned a little of the language.

I think I’d like to identify as Polish, the immediate benefit is that I would then be considered white by race.

Thoughts?

 

[hislegacy]

I have now become Caucasian, I feel guilty already.

 

[Pavel Mosko]

This is one of those silly topics that eventually will cause generations to look upon us with astonishment. Or so I think and hope, when I listen to people like Jordan Peterson speak about things like "hierarchies" existing in nature, and even more than that is true is the fact much of nature is ordered according to things being literal male and female etc.

 

[Petros2015]

I have now become Caucasian, I feel guilty already.

That'll teach yah!

 

[Albion]

Can I self identify as a specific race?

it was an interesting question posed in a group I am part of.

if you are born biologically one gender and at some point later in life you identify as another, could the same be true for race?

Apparently so. Kamala Harris was a black woman and was celebrated as such when elected as president-to-be last November. But this week she became an Asian-American woman.

 

[renniks]

If I can identify as Native, I can raise my prices by claiming my goods I sell are native made?

 

[Albion]

If men can compete in women's sports by doing nothing more than you are suggesting, then the answer would seem to "yes."

 

[bèlla]

Apparently so. Kamala Harris was a black woman and was celebrated as such when elected as president-to-be last November. But this week she became an Asian-American woman.

Kamala Harris is Asian and Black. That shouldn't be confusing in 2020 — but it is to some

During her 2020 presidential campaign, Sen. Kamala Harris, D-Calif., found herself at the center of a controversy about which Americans can claim to be Black, or Black enough — because of both her biracial identity and her immigrant parents.

Born to a Jamaican father and an Indian mother...

People from India are considered to be Asian. The U.S. Census Bureau considers people from the Indian subcontinent, Southeast Asia and the Far East to be Asian. —Reference.com

 

[Derek1234]

Here's another conundrum.

Can people identify as Christian when characterised by fear, loathing, inadequacy and insecurity?

 

[Albion]

Kamala Harris is Asian and Black. That shouldn't be confusing in 2020 — but it is to some

During her 2020 presidential campaign, Sen. Kamala Harris, D-Calif., found herself at the center of a controversy about which Americans can claim to be Black, or Black enough — because of both her biracial identity and her immigrant parents.

Born to a Jamaican father and an Indian mother...

People from India are considered to be Asian. The U.S. Census Bureau considers people from the Indian subcontinent, Southeast Asia and the Far East to be Asian. —Reference.com

You seem to be missing the point. Lots of us can point to a range of different races or ethnicities as part of our heritage. The question here was concerned with SELF-IDENTIFYING as one of them. And also, how society views such a move.

In Kamala Harris' case, it was received by many supporters and admirers and of course the media, as being as natural a thing as changing one's street address.

 

[BNR32FAN]

Can I self identify as a specific race?

it was an interesting question posed in a group I am part of.

if you are born biologically one gender and at some point later in life you identify as another, could the same be true for race?

I grew up in an area very close to a strong Polish community, love the culture, love the food, even learned a little of the language.

I think I’d like to identify as Polish, the immediate benefit is that I would then be considered white by race.

Thoughts?

I like dolphins, I think they’re pretty, so I’d like to identify as a dolphin if that’s ok. BTW I think dolphins are exempt from paying taxes if I’m not mistaken.

 

[hislegacy]

I like dolphins, I think they’re pretty, so I’d like to identify as a dolphin if that’s ok. BTW I think dolphins are exempt from paying taxes if I’m not mistaken.

Yeah, but you could end up in a can of tuna!

 

[bèlla]

You seem to be missing the point. Lots of us can point to a range of different races or ethnicities as part of our heritage. The question here was concerned with SELF-IDENTIFYING as one of them. And also, how society views such a move.

In Kamala Harris' case, it was received by many supporters and admirers and of course the media, as being as natural a thing as changing one's street address.

I'm not missing the point at all. Her mother is Indian. She's half Indian. She isn't the first to acknowledge that. Tiger Woods was asked the same and acknowledged his unwillingness to deny his Asian heritage many years ago.

 

[BNR32FAN]

I have now become Caucasian, I feel guilty already.

Well you should because now that your white you are “systematically discriminating” against people of color and you should be ashamed of yourself.

 

[BNR32FAN]

Yeah, but you could end up in a can of tuna!

EEEEEEEK!! EEEEEEEEEEE, EEEEEEEEEE!!!

 

[Ignatius the Kiwi]

Given the logic used to justify transgenderism I don't see how there is any argument against identifying as a certain race simply because you feel that way. Biology doesn't matter when it comes to self-identification.

 

[hislegacy]

I'm not missing the point at all. Her mother is Indian. She's half Indian. She isn't the first to acknowledge that. Tiger Woods was asked the same and acknowledged his unwillingness to deny his Asian heritage many years ago.

If I get one of those DNA tests and it shows three different ethnic groups can I self identify to any of them?

If so, my wife is about three different races.

 

[BNR32FAN]

If I get one of those DNA tests and it shows three different ethnic groups can I self identify to any of them?

If so, my wife is about three different races.

Well, be sure to tell her to watch out for @hislagacy because he’s white now. Don’t trust whitie, naw mean?

 

[bèlla]

If I get one of those DNA tests and it shows three different ethnic groups can I self identify to any of them?

If so, my wife is about three different races.

Absolutely! While you're at it, you may be accused of a crime because you submitted your DNA information. But you're safe if you choose 23andMe! There can be surprises too.

But no refunds! They're keeping the swab.

 

[Albion]

I'm not missing the point at all. Her mother is Indian. She's half Indian. She isn't the first to acknowledge that.

Nope. This explanation shows that you did miss the point. None of this is actually about one's background.

It's about what you say your race is, that it can be changed on a moment's notice, and that there are many people who are quite willing and even appreciative of the charade. Of course, much of it is political.