Why is "transracism" not a thing ? purely trying to understand. Race studies & Gender studies people! HELP!
Hi all! I'm just a curious guy with no intention of harm or hate to anyone. I was just wondering, given the acceptance of transitioning genders, why is race still not accepted?
This thought came from a reel I saw of some white Brazilian legislator (I think) trying to argue transitioning genders is.. I dunno... bad?
While I have nothing against transgender people - I always thought a person is more a person than their labels anyway - I thought that the way she tried to prove her point didn't make sense? If she were genuinely trying to transition into a black woman, what would be wrong in that?
When I don't understand something I always have a conversation with AI: the arguments it gave me were all so weak!
- Gender dysphoria is medically, psychologically, and legally recognised :
I think that's only cause gender transition is far more socially accepted, which let it be recognised in law, medicine, and psychological. Being more accepted and thus less stigmatised also let it be researched into, thus further acceptance in the three fields
Meanwhile "race dysphoria" is, let's say "socially rejected", thus it isn't recognised in the three fields.
Thus, I find this to beg the question: it's gender dysphoria is socially accepted because it is medically accepted, and it is medically accepted because it is socially accepted
In a world where there were less stigma to race transition, it would probably be more heard of, thus more looked into by these scholars, no?
- Gender transition is out of necessity while race transition is out of choice:
I think that's also not fair, who is to say race transition is necessarily out of choice? This is more of assumption than a fact.
- stolen valour
transitioning race would be picking and choosing what you like about a culture without the lived experience:
how is gender and race any different in this scenario, you transition and then you gain the privileges or oppression that a gender faces: someone who transitions into a woman will face the oppression of misogyny and the privileges of chivalry all without having grown up with it. A black person can transition into white and face the privileges that they never had growing up. A white person can transition into black and face the oppression.
- i don't even know what to call this one its so bad, copy and pasted from the AI
It is argue that gender is a **psychological state** (Brain Sex Theory), while race is a **historical contract.** In this view, "Woman" is something you *are*, but "Black" or "Asian" is something you *belong to*. You can change your state, but you can’t change your ancestors:
What does ancestors have anything to do with an individual's identity?? The only reason it would matter is genetically, like the theories of genetic scars of slavery, but we aren't talking about genes in identity, right??
- supposedly transracial people are still inherently their original race, so they are just "wearing a costume"
OK if you used this language on gender dysphoric people the mobs would chase you out of the village no doubt. However really considering it, what is the difference here between race and gender transition? They are both constructs that aren't tied to biology
Anyways the debate was too long that I couldn't really put em all here, but lowkey.. after putting down all of AI's arguments, it did say that the notion thag race not being as fluid as gender is just a blind belief held by society
Give me your bests arguments! Convince me!
and tell me if there are any flaws to my logic.