AlterSelf

In this article, the idea that transracialism could be a valid identity is considered. Standpoint epistemology presents the strongest case against transracialism as a valid identity because, according to Collin’s, racial groups have a special sense of a shared history.

However, arguments for race as a social construction show how transracialism could function the same way we ordinarily feel like gender functions in our society. The violent disapproval of transracialism highlights both that ordinary usage is being challenged and that it is changing.

Ultimately, narrative views of personal identity, like those suggested by Aslidair MacIntyre, and the ordinary function of race, show that transracialism should be considered a valid identity.