A number of people are attempting to change their race by watching certain videos, hoping to manifest physical change. “They have convinced themselves it works because there’s other people who have convinced themselves, as well,” says a media professor.

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[–]Q-Continuum-kin 8 insightful - 2 fun8 insightful - 1 fun9 insightful - 2 fun -  (4 children)

Experts agree race is not genetic. But they contend that even though race is a cultural construct, it is impossible to change your race because of the systemic inequalities inherent to being born into a certain race.

They are trying so hard to not arrive at the logical conclusion of "race is not genetic".

Tiq Milan, a Black transgender activist and writer, said it is a disservice to transgender people to compare the two. Race historically emerged as a social construct to establish a racial hierarchy with the white race at the top, whereas variances in gender identity have existed for thousands of years, he said.

You can literally determine a person's sex thousands of years after they die by looking at their skeleton.

[–]weavilsatemyface 2 insightful - 1 fun2 insightful - 0 fun3 insightful - 1 fun -  (3 children)

They are trying so hard to not arrive at the logical conclusion of "race is not genetic".

These twins, Lucy and Maria Alymer, are born from the same mother and father.

[–]OuroborosTheory 1 insightful - 1 fun1 insightful - 0 fun2 insightful - 1 fun -  (2 children)

oh NO: wanna bet that after this (circa 2027) we'll be getting militant twin politics? twins demand only twin actors portray twins, others complain about twin actors who playing twins or the same person, everyone throws accusations of "internalized geminophobia," twin-studies professors encourage "political twinhood" among their students ...

[–]M1GarandDad 1 insightful - 2 fun1 insightful - 1 fun2 insightful - 2 fun -  (1 child)

Maybe they'll demand that non-twins be called "singletons" at all times.

[–]OuroborosTheory 1 insightful - 1 fun1 insightful - 0 fun2 insightful - 1 fun -  (0 children)

I did make that joke once; also "northpaws" for the next set of militants; and "big people" once the recent Seven Dwarves controversy blows over