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Transracialism has way more merit than transpeciesism, though.
I grew up amongst hispanic families, and definitely don't find it far fetched to identify with a different race, culturally and behaviorally. So I could see it, even though it might be a bit misplaced.
Like, that's at least based in reality.
But simply feeling Black or Hispanic doesn't make one Black or Hispanic; race is a cultural issue and culturally defined. Yet by the other commenter's arguments, feeling Black or Hispanic would be enough to make them unquestionably valid, because we cannot question the feelings of others.
My only point is that transracialism could at least be argued as having a real world basis, rooted in complex experiences of culture and race.
Identifying as a dragon, not so much...