Journal apologies & retracts paper on Transracialism after social media backlash

[Beet]

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http://dailynous.com/2017/05/01/philosophers-article-transracialism-sparks-controversy/

[KingSweden]

Transracialism is NOT A THING. Have we already forgotten Spokane's greatest contribution to America since Bing Crosby and Tom Foley, the one, the only, the incomprable Rachel Dolezal?

[Santander]

Transracialism is NOT A THING. Have we already forgotten Spokane's greatest contribution to America since Bing Crosby and Tom Foley, the one, the only, the incomprable Rachel Dolezal?

Yes it is. It really hurts me when people say this.

[DrScholl]

Didn't realize that anyone was actually trying to make this such a thing. That is really silly.

[KingSweden]

Transracialism is NOT A THING. Have we already forgotten Spokane's greatest contribution to America since Bing Crosby and Tom Foley, the one, the only, the incomprable Rachel Dolezal?

Yes it is. It really hurts me when people say this.

I'm sorry I triggered you, snowflake

[I Won - Get Over It]

The future of the Democratic party

[Technocracy Timmy]

The future of the Democratic party

I don't think your average Democratic voter or even average millennial has even heard the term "transracial" let alone formed an opinion on it.

[Blue3]

It probably will become a thing, though.

[Associate Justice PiT]

It probably will become a thing, though.

     Given how quickly the dial has moved on many social issues, I could easily see this being generally accepted within 20 years.

[Reluctant Republican]

How long until we get transspecieism?

Edit: Oh, it's actually already a thing: http://www.ibtimes.co.uk/former-us-banker-surgically-removes-ears-nose-resemble-human-dragon-1553735

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Huh. I've heard of Otherkin but did not know folks were going so far as making themselves look like animals. Especially mythical ones. Fascinating world, this.

[Famous Mortimer]

Transracialism will never become accepted because the left hates it. That's what this whole article is about. She got blacklisted by online leftists so the article was withdrawn.

[Xing]

"Transracialism" is stupid as hell, but I have to say that parts of the various responses are very cringeworthy as well...

"She uses the term “transgenderism.” She talks about “biological sex” and uses phrases like “male genitalia.”"

So what? Are those terms banned or something?

[7,052,770]

Race isn't real, so anyone can legitimately identify as any "race" they want to.

Not sure if that's a liberal or conservative opinion, but it's the correct one, so I hope it's liberal.

[Sprouts Farmers Market ✘]

Transracialism is NOT A THING. Have we already forgotten Spokane's greatest contribution to America since Bing Crosby and Tom Foley, the one, the only, the incomprable Rachel Dolezal?

Yes it is. It really hurts me when people say this.

I'm sorry I triggered you, snowflake

This is beyond disrespectful. People can identify how they please. Transracialism is obviously a very real thing that we need to be supportive of. I get really sick of hateful people who try to make the world fit into their little squares at the expense of the most vulnerable.

[FEMA Camp Administrator]

Race isn't real, so anyone can legitimately identify as any "race" they want to.

Not sure if that's a liberal or conservative opinion, but it's the correct one, so I hope it's liberal.

I'm trying to figure out how this stance helps anyone.

[7,052,770]

Transracialism is NOT A THING. Have we already forgotten Spokane's greatest contribution to America since Bing Crosby and Tom Foley, the one, the only, the incomprable Rachel Dolezal?

Agreed that "transracialism" isn't a thing because race isn't a thing either. And the woman in Spokane did nothing wrong - by all accounts she was doing excellent work for the NAACP until some doofus journalist decided to "expose" her or whatever.

[Famous Mortimer]

"Transracialism" is stupid as hell, but I have to say that parts of the various responses are very cringeworthy as well...

"She uses the term “transgenderism.” She talks about “biological sex” and uses phrases like “male genitalia.”"

So what? Are those terms banned or something?

Yes. They are considered very transphobic in most left spaces on the internet. I guess it hasn't reached the normie liberal places you hang out yet. Give it another 6 months.

Biological sex is now considered a social construct with no basis in science and "male genitalia" is now the genitalia of a male identifying person, whether it's a penis or a vagina. Saying that a penis is inherently male is considered transphobic.

[Atlas Has Shrugged]

I agree with Harry-race is a human construct. That being said, it still doesn't change the fact that a transracial person is basing their identity around a "natural" framework that doesn't exist. In other words, they basically are a small but vocal gaggle of attention whores, collectivists, and various other borderline racial nationalists.

[FEMA Camp Administrator]

war is peace
freedom is slavery
ignorance is strength

[KingSweden]

Transracialism is NOT A THING. Have we already forgotten Spokane's greatest contribution to America since Bing Crosby and Tom Foley, the one, the only, the incomprable Rachel Dolezal?

Agreed that "transracialism" isn't a thing because race isn't a thing either. And the woman in Spokane did nothing wrong - by all accounts she was doing excellent work for the NAACP until some doofus journalist decided to "expose" her or whatever.

She was doing good work, but the black community of Spokane was still not amused that a blonde white girl from Montana basically performed benign blackface for several years and held herself out as sharing their cultural experiences (race may be a construct, but there is certainly an African american culture, just like there is Italian-American culture, ChineseAmerican culture, etc)

[Green Line]

If you're transracial, you're transracial.  It's no one elses business!  This is the world we live in now.  Liberals made it so..  too late for them to turn back now.

[FEMA Camp Administrator]

If you're transracial, you're transracial.  It's no one elses business!  This is the world we live in now.  Liberals made it so..  too late for them to turn back now.

history moves in all sorts of directions- my friend

[Sprouts Farmers Market ✘]

Transracialism is NOT A THING. Have we already forgotten Spokane's greatest contribution to America since Bing Crosby and Tom Foley, the one, the only, the incomprable Rachel Dolezal?

Agreed that "transracialism" isn't a thing because race isn't a thing either. And the woman in Spokane did nothing wrong - by all accounts she was doing excellent work for the NAACP until some doofus journalist decided to "expose" her or whatever.

She was doing good work, but the black community of Spokane was still not amused that a blonde white girl from Montana basically performed benign blackface for several years and held herself out as sharing their cultural experiences (race may be a construct, but there is certainly an African american culture, just like there is Italian-American culture, ChineseAmerican culture, etc)

Then they are intolerant if they can't accept her. Hardly representative of the left.

[KingSweden]

Transracialism is NOT A THING. Have we already forgotten Spokane's greatest contribution to America since Bing Crosby and Tom Foley, the one, the only, the incomprable Rachel Dolezal?

Agreed that "transracialism" isn't a thing because race isn't a thing either. And the woman in Spokane did nothing wrong - by all accounts she was doing excellent work for the NAACP until some doofus journalist decided to "expose" her or whatever.

She was doing good work, but the black community of Spokane was still not amused that a blonde white girl from Montana basically performed benign blackface for several years and held herself out as sharing their cultural experiences (race may be a construct, but there is certainly an African american culture, just like there is Italian-American culture, ChineseAmerican culture, etc)

Then they are intolerant if they can't accept her. Hardly representative of the left.

Black people not taking kindly to people masquerading as black is intolerant. Got it.

[pbrower2a]

I have seen at least one women who was apparently been born white, married and had children by a black man, and had restyled themselves as black. Maybe not fully black, but black enough to avoid some of the dirty looks that many white people give to white women with a black husband and biracial children.  The skin tone that she has affected is dark enough that one ignores her stereotypical Caucasoid features, and she may have affected frizzy hair.

In one such case I saw that her skin near her hairline was very pale. I was far too polite to ask any questions. Were I in her position I might have done the same.  It might be best for her biracial children as well as herself. Nobody likes dirty looks.  It's not a matter of choosing any 'black culture'.

In the case of Rachel Dolezal, she seems to have chosen to affiliate with black people very militantly. Maybe it is rebellion against repressive parents -- and she associates blackness with freedom from the norms that she knew. She has made political statements by going black.

Her loyalties are obvious; she is the definitive 'race traitor'. But this said, I can imagine nothing less harmful to betray than 'race'.  I suggest that we let people pass unless they are so inept and unsuited to it that they make a travesty of it or if they do things  harmful to their loved ones, as passing for white and so insisting that one is white that one joins the Klan or a neo-Nazi group and spews hatred of people who used to nurture them for 'race'.  Being elected to the Presidency of a local NAACP chapter is not anti-white behavior. The NAACP is not anti-white.
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