In the woke world of today, with people in uproar about JKR and determining loudly that TWAW - it's interesting to see the difference between the thumbs-up for sexual/gender appropriation and examples such as those below, of people who identify and present as black, but are in fact white.
These people have been criticised for taking opportunities reserved for BAME people - and faced a backlash that argued you can't just 'identify' and appropriate another race.
They were criticised, with arguments including the disregard for lived experience, oppression and - crucially - the difference in DNA.
So even if the woke had clapped and cheered and said "YES! WHITE WOMEN ARE BLACK WOMEN!" - we'd all know that, deep down, they aren't.
So my question is, if self-ID reformists insist that anyone can identify as a woman, should we not also extend this to anyone identifying as the race they choose? Why reject one and not the other?
I fear the answer is simply: 'because women'.
Rachel Dolezal (aka Nkechi Amare Diallo)
Who, when challenged, claimed that 'race is a lie' (sound familiar?)
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rachel_Dolezal
Anthony David Lennon (aka Soweto Alkebulan Ekundayo)
www.independent.co.uk/voices/anthony-ekundayo-lennon-black-theatre-arts-council-england-theatre-rachel-dolezal-transracial-a8616851.html