Subject: Re: Race fluidity
' The person you're describing isn't suffering due to a disconnect between an internal sense of what their skin color should be and the actual shade of their skin color.'

I beg to differ. You're stretching a distinction to maintain your position. I'm not sure it's a 'choice' any different than becoming a trans woman is a 'choice'. Passing is not a recognized psychological condition because it was illegal for much of its history. Just because white institutions of psychology and psychiatry haven't recognized it doesn't mean psychological harm didn't exist.