Exploring Gender and Race Identity Transformation

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The similarity and differences between two people in gender and race identity Why do some people change their gender and race identity? This question confuses some of the people to accept for the past years. Rachel Dolezal is a white woman who had pretended to be black for years. Caitlyn Jenner, who is lately, came out as a transgender woman. Race identity and gender are socially constructed on top of biological signs that are noticeable in the early stages. Therefore, there are similarities and differences between Bruce Jenner transitioning into Caitlyn Jenner and Rachel Dolezal posing as a black woman.
The similarity between Jenner and Dolezal is that misunderstood in the society. Some people could not understand why these people want …show more content…

Jenner has changed physical appearance by paying lots of money. He changed certain body parts such as his face, breast, thighs and gender. Jenner spends to be Caitlyn about $4 million from plastic surgery to cater. On an interview with Diane Sawyer Jenner states, that she has a female soul and his plans for full gender surgery. In addition, Jenner has informed that he classifies as a woman and it is his childhood dream to be a woman. He considers that he feels more like a female than male. At the same time, Dolezal has changed her skin color by applying make-up and by changing her hairstyle and by perming her hair. Dolezal tries to show that she is black to the society and the media, but everybody knows that she is a white woman. Kemberly Richardson on ABC7 states that Dolezal clarified that she has known this way since her childhood and she considers that race is a complicated issue. On the interview, Dolezal said that "I was drawing self-portraits with the brown crayon instead of the peach crayon,”... “I have a huge issue with blackface. This is not some freak, Birth of a Nation, mockery blackface performance,” she said. "This is on a very real, connected level how I've actually had to go there with the experience.” According to Dolezal’s interview on ABC7, she reveals about her childhood and she considers that race is a big …show more content…

Jenner verifies about his life honestly and to her family. Jenner’s family tells the media that she likes to grow her hair and fix her nails with her daughters. In addition, she tells the truth, why she transgender and explain to the media. In contrast, Dolezal lies about her identity and about her birth parents. After her parents reveal the truth about her, she argues her parents and accuses them abuse. Because her adopted brother tells to the media, she forces him to cover for her and not saying anything about this. However, after Dolezal’s parents tell the truth, he reveals that she told him that to not say anything about her

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