The reason, fyi, is because they’re two different categories of thing. Gender is, and always has been, centered around the social aspects. Presentation, identity, roles, behaviours.
Race is a complex category, with a mix of physiological and culture dependent aspects.
You can’t change your race because you can’t change your heritage, which is a component.
You can, however, change your cultural identity. It’s not a perfect analog to gender, obviously, but it’s closer to race.
Much like how we conflated the names for the sexes with the names for the genders, many cultures share a name with a race that is a prominent member. This is often acutely clear to mixed race people or people adopted into a different racial household.
The reason, fyi, is because they’re two different categories of thing. Gender is, and always has been, centered around the social aspects. Presentation, identity, roles, behaviours.
Race is a complex category, with a mix of physiological and culture dependent aspects.
You can’t change your race because you can’t change your heritage, which is a component.
You can, however, change your cultural identity. It’s not a perfect analog to gender, obviously, but it’s closer to race.
Much like how we conflated the names for the sexes with the names for the genders, many cultures share a name with a race that is a prominent member. This is often acutely clear to mixed race people or people adopted into a different racial household.