If someone's identity is different than what was assigned at birth, if they want to change appearance and be seen in a new category, it doesn't matter whether you personally agree - it's kind to treat them how they want to be treated, whether they be transgender or transracial.
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This is a spectacularly bad take. There is no such thing as brain race. Gender identity and brain sex have biological underpinnings.
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I'd still respect trans ppl in the case that there was no biological underpinning
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I mean stuff like referring to them as their desired identity like using pronouns or describing them as their preferred race, or allowing them into spaces meant only for one race (e.g., black support groups)
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In a post-racial society, transracial should be on par with trans-anything. However, because society still carries too many artificial ideas and stigmas around different races, being transracial is problematic.
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I mean even if you think that about transgender people it's still nice to treat.them how they want
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Motive. What does it lead to. Society is the problem, not individuals. Age is a factor. What happens when we achieve gene fixing?
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What does race matter? Is sexuality learned or born with? Is this gender thing learned or born with?
If we don’t nuke ourselves back to the Stone Age, these questions with gene correction are going to be very big ones.
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But where is the line? If one’s identity is purely subjective, and kindness requires one to respect those subjective determinations, must we respect everyone’s subjective identities—no matter how implausible, built out, or esoteric?
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