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It's not quite the same though is it. Genetics or not her dad is an Argentinian citizen and she lived there until she was 6 then moved country. I moved from the South coast of England to the North about the same age, if I had instead moved to a different country I'd probably feel somewhat closer to those origins.
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I think part of the issue is obviously the necessity to not only identify oneself but to attach that to a larger group. My identity is formed by my heritage, where I have lived, relationships I've had, bikes I've owned, but as soon as I have to put myself in a box with other people that becomes pretty difficult to define. I wouldn't identify myself 'White British', but I lived in England until the age of 20 and was born to British parents. It was also feel like a generalisation and exaggeration to call myself a 'person of colour', but if those were the only two options it would be a difficult statement to make.
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Cultural identity and gender identity are very different things. Conflating the two comes very close to the attack helicopter transphobic trope.
Cultural identity links someone to other people, a culture, if you will. And that link ascribes any of the privilege (or lack thereof) of the culture to that person. To do so disingenuously down plays or damages any of the hardship, discrimination or achievements of that culture.
Gender identity is about personal expression and feeling. Someone who was assigned male at birth but identifies as female, would not be doing so to more closely align themselves or show solidarity with other women, and vice versa (regardless of what the Graham Linehan's an JK Rowling's of the world would have you believe).
What makes somebody male or female? Their biology? Their feelings?
Also, don't conflate sex and gender.
https://www.publichealthpost.org/databyte/genderbread-person/
Some also find the Genderbread Person problematic and it keeps going through revisions, but it is a very useful tool for comprehending some of the more basic concepts.
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It's an interesting situation though. She identifies as Latina despite spending a tiny part of her life in a Latin country and not being descended from Latin people.
How is that different to somebody being biologically male but identifying as female, for example?
For clarity I'm asking a rehtorical question there. People should be free to identify themselves however they please. I just find the overlap with other identity issues really interesting from a cultural change perspective. What makes somebody male or female? Their biology? Their feelings? What makes somebody Latina?
My personal view is that somebody's feelings are part of their biology.