Subject: Re: Race fluidity
You can't just say the phrase, "I identify as X" - and nothing else - and have it be true. It's not a magic incantation or ritualistic expression that becomes truth merely because you say it.

Worked for Elizabeth Warren. Granted, she *did* write a cookbook detailing the culinary feats of her ancestors. Who could forget the natives' invention of Tomato Mayonnaise Dressing? Just amazing.

You can't just decide one day to be Black.

Why not? If your very chromosomes don't matter, why should small details like your pigmentation?