Is it normal for me to want to get a racial reassignment surgery?

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For a very long time I have disliked being American. And at the same time I have loved Korean culture, media, and traditional appearance. I find myself very beautiful right now, but every time I look in the mirror I feel sad because I am not Korean. I am not racist towards Americans and do not see Koreans above other races at all. I just feel in my heart that I should have been born Korean, like how some people feel they should have been born a different gender.

People think I'm crazy and evil for wanting to pursue this change when I move to South Korea in the future. I just want to feel at home when I move and when I look at myself. Are these feelings normal?

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Based on 43 votes (10 yes)
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  • TrustMeImLying
    9 years ago

    You don't need to change your appearance to assimilate into a culture or society, silly =)

    I don't know how to say this, but you have no idea how much a particular culture appreciates that an "outsider" is interested and willing to embrace their culture. It is much more appreciated than if you "looked" Korean.

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  • perfectxsilence
    9 years ago

    It's not how you look, it's how you act.

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  • Swan_Theif9854
    9 years ago

    I wish I was Japanese. Or even a naitive in Japan so I can create anime and cosplay in cute outfits. But you can only change outside not inside. Unfortunately no amount of surgery will change the fact that you and I will still be yankies on the inside. Maybe we just need to embrace our own culture as well as that of other's.

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  • disthing
    9 years ago

    American isn't a race. It's a nationality.

    I don't think it's normal to want to get dangerous, expensive and invasive surgery to look like something you're not. Looking Korean does not make you Korean - underneath the skin you'll still be a white American. You'll still have grown up in an American society, have absorbed American culture, speak American English as your first language.

    You'll be as much an outsider in South Korea as you would be if you moved there looking caucasian. Perhaps even more so - there would be a lot of negative judgement towards. People are likely to think you very strange, perhaps mentally ill.

    Out of curiosity, what would you say if you met a 'white' woman who turned out to be ethnically Asian, spoke in a thick Korean accent and grew up in Korea, but had undergone intensive plastic surgery to appear 'American'?

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    • DaehanMinguk!
      9 years ago

      I apologize. After I wrote this a realized I used "American" instead of "white". I'm already fluent in Korean however, and if I can work on my accent more I would not seem so much like a foreigner.

      I may have grown up in America as a white woman, but I have never considered America my nationality, nor white my race. I have nothing in America, I feel no pride for being white.

      And just so you know, if I met a woman who chose to be white even though she grew up Asian, I would embrace her with open arms and congratulate her on following her desires.

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  • DoctorAngelDust
    9 years ago

    I think it is called Trans-ethnic, maybe? It's not terribly common but it is no where near unheard of. I had a lot of foster brothers and sisters and friends who wanted to go live in Japan and seemed to wish that they were Japanese. I don't know if it was the anime or a sincere appreciation for Japanese culture. I have met a lot of slightly disdainful individuals who had that kind of attachment toward European countries such as Britain, France or Italy although I think it was just their way of expressing their narcissism without being too explicit.

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  • Avant-Garde
    9 years ago

    That type of surgery exists?! If you want this, go for it.

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    • TrustMeImLying
      9 years ago

      there is a lady I read about who got surgery to look like a cat

      if you're thinking, "hawt damn catwoman" you're horrifyingly wrong

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      • Avant-Garde
        9 years ago

        I think I know what you speak of…

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