I Dentify

     I love irony, I especially love it when social engineers have to slide down the slippery slope they created. The same hands that were applauding the debut of Caitlyn (formerly Bruce) Jenner are now wringing over Rachel (formerly African-American) Dolezal.  It is ironic that while we are watching shows like "CSI" and "Bones" where they can determine the sex of a victim from a charred, ancient bone fragment, our p.c. pioneers say sex is determined by the preference, not the biology of the individual. It is ironic that the fuzzy science of climate change is accepted without question but the science of fetal development is ignored. The same wash of hormones that create the baby's sex organs also hardwire the brain and body development to that sex. The gender police want separate restrooms for the sexually undecided, boys in the girls locker room, and girls on the football team. So why not apply the same rules to ethnicity?
     Rachel Dolezal is making big waves in the news for being discredited as president of the Spokane NAACP, which in her case means Not Actually A Colored Person. While it may not be necessary to be African-American to hold that position, honesty is a basic requirement even at the Dollar Tree and Rachel is not qualified in that area either. In this case, her white parents decided to come out of the closet with pictures of their blond, straight-haired daughter. Though originally unsure about who her parents are or what her skin color is, Rachel has now claimed that she identifies as African-American. In gender issues, identifying trumps reality. But if ethnicity becomes a matter of choice, how will liberals know who the mistreated minorities are? How will cops use racial profiling if skin color is insignificant? Who will we entrap in the welfare system?
     My mother did not identify as a paranoid schizophrenic, she believed she held secrets of such importance that those at the center of the conspiracy were willing to kill to silence her. The lesson I learned from growing up in that environment is that reality is important. Too bad Rachel did not have the advantage of my upbringing. If reality does not matter, those McDonald's workers don't need to picket for higher wages, they just need to identify as something more lucrative--like aerospace engineers. Rachel, I have decided to identify as a minority member too, millionaires are in the minority.