You can change gender at will, but scholars say ‘simply impossible’ to change your race

In 2023 it is widely accepted that an individual can change his/her gender merely because they feel it — but whatever you do, do not attempt to change your race.

Remember the remarkable USA Today “fact check” regarding Ketanji Brown Jackson’s answer to “What is a woman?” during her Supreme Court confirmation hearings?

Like so many other attempts at an “explanation,” the national daily had to twist itself into a pretzel to demonstrate how gender and sexuality are malleable.

But an assortment of academics recently told NBC News.com it is “simply impossible” to do this with racial identity. They offered their “expertise” in reaction to a current online phenomenon dubbed “RCTA,” or “race change to another.”