# Transgender - transracial. What is the essential difference?

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**Category:** In My Humble Opinion\
**Created:** [February 3, 2021, 10:45am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/transgender-transracial-what-is-the-essential-difference/932117 "2021-02-03T10:45:27Z")\
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**Author:** ![DocCathode](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/doccathode/32/18773_2.png) [@DocCathode](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DocCathode)\
**Post date:** [February 25, 2021, 3:16am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/transgender-transracial-what-is-the-essential-difference/932117/441 "2021-02-25T03:16:58Z")

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Snow addresses this in his song Informer.

“People dem say ya come from Jamaica  
But me born an’ raised in the ghetto that I want ya to know-a  
Pure black people man that’s all I man know  
Yeah me shoes are a-tear up an’a me toes just a show-a  
Where me-a born in are de one Toronto, so”

ETA and I just realized I misread your post the first time. NM

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**Author:** ![DPRK](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/4491bb/32.png) [@DPRK](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DPRK)\
**Post date:** [February 25, 2021, 3:48am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/transgender-transracial-what-is-the-essential-difference/932117/442 "2021-02-25T03:48:56Z")

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Not to digress too far, but he credits that one song with completely turning his life around. When it was released, he was a penniless ghetto resident locked up for (alleged) multiple counts of attempted murder, and when he got out of prison he suddenly found himself famous and invited to Paris, Milan, etc.

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