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Why is it seen as acceptable for a person be born the wrong sex but not the wrong ethnicity?

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goldtinged · 27/09/2024 18:18

I saw a somewhat recent article about Rachel Dolezal, the caucasian American woman who identifies as a black woman, and it made me wonder. Why is this clearly wrong but it is (largely) socially acceptable for a man to identify as a woman? She says she has always felt she was a black person from a young age, and she was denounced for this. But if you denounce a man for saying he identifies as a woman, you are a bigot?

Sorry if this is a thick question, I really don’t understand why one is wrong and the other isn’t (I know it is wrong to GC feminists but I mean widely speaking it isn’t seen as wrong). I understand why it is wrong to pretend to be a black person, just in case that isn’t clear.

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JacketPotatoFoodOfTheGods · 27/09/2024 18:27

It isn't any different really in the scheme of things.
But one is regarded as quite racist.