Tackling the question “Can you change your race?”

[the_borderer]

My thoughts about it

Can we talk about this lady who claims black identity, but has previously been white?

This is making me wonder if Rachel Dolezal started claiming she was a person of colour out of fear of rejection by the community. This would be similar to a pre-transition transperson, fearing the social consequences of being true to themselves. It might just be my biases, but I feel a bit happier with that than with the suggestions of transracial going round social media, which feels belittling both to transpeople and people of colour. It’s not good, but if I am correct I can at least start to…