To think Rachel Dolezal is an utter charlatan

[MercyMyJewels]

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Apparently there is a thing called transracial now.

What next, transbeastial?

Makes as much sense as transexual.

What there is is a thing called "delusional".

Makes as much sense as transexual

^THIS

My DH has said for ages that he's transpecieal. He's actually a wood pigeon trapped in a pasty, chubby civil servants' body. If only the NHS would fund the operation to have his arms turned into wings he could be what he'd always meant to be.

Load of old bollocks just like non binary nonsense.

You are born a man or a woman with a few exceptions.

What you choose to call yourself after or how you dress is entirely up to you but a man in a dress is still a man just like brown/white/black fling is what it is.

Has she a book out? Never heard of her she sounds an idiot.

sodom that made me laugh.

And don't get me started on this cis woman bollocks

I've always felt I was meant to be a cat.

I'm holding out for reincarnation though.

a white woman who is now making money from being found out that she isn't black or of mixed heritage making lots of money and publicity from being found out and writing a book about it

as many men are earning money and fame from claiming they are women

Transracial now? A few years ago she was trying to convince the world she was black.

Yes if I had to reincarnate I would choose a pampered cat too.

Mine rule our house

Dh has also been of the opinion he's a cat in human form for a long time. He's even speculated on what the appropriate social rules would be for use of the the tail. I think he's actually got quite a good case. Must tell him to declare himself transfeline.

I'm Transfat.

Size 16 but identify as a size 10.

You all need to tell me how toned my arms are.

I watched that clip, and then piece afterwards in the studio with Guilane Kinouani, who was emphatic that there is no comparison between 'transracialism' and transgenderism. And yet the issues she spoke about to criticise Dolezal's stance - white privilege, lived experience etc - are the same ones that can be used to object to the position that transwomen are women.

No one has really come up with a good argument as to why the issues are different.

I like Rachel Dolezal because she exposes the Trans movement. If sex/gender are fluid and non-binary, why can't race be fluid and non-binary?

I think she's mentally ill, didn't she change her name or something recently? I read that she was using a different name for job applications.

CisBlack people have to check their cis-black privilege

Why is it not comparable to transgender, though? Please explain this in simple terms I'm not feeling terribly bright this morning. Thanks

You either is or you isn't. You can't will yourself another race no can you have an operation to remove the offending genes.

She is a fraud. She lied and if she didn't mess with her body and hair, she'd be as white as milk. Very odd. It's not as if she was brought up in Africa or Jamaica etc. She is latching onto a US version of 'black' which covers a lot of territory.

Did she say where 'her family' were supposed to originate from?

it is comparable to trans because it is about a feeling

not based on biological facts

the biological facts can not be ignored because they can not be changed and they impact our lives and society

What biological facts?

Sorry EnthusiasmisDisturbed I misread your post thought you were saying biological facts is why it wasn't comparable

I'm sure plenty of late-transitioning autogynephiles have a history of sexism and sexual harassment of women. How bigoted of you to suggest that makes them any less women than anyone else, NotCaryl.