Identity Crisis - Which Box Do You Check

We have been bombarded with Identity Issues from every media outlet for years, but the issues of race and gender tend to ruffle the feathers of every human being!

You prefer to dress and live as a woman despite the fact that you were born a man.
You're a female athlete and keep your body in perfect condition to the point that some people say you look masculine.

You prefer not to be pigeonholed as white despite the fact that both of your parents are white .
Or you don't want to be classified as black simply because one of your parents are black.

You suddenly become trending news!

Which leads me to the question . . .
Which box do you check on the form in front of you?

It doesn't matter what the form is for . . .
Birth Certificate
Driver's License
Job Application
Passport Application
You
MUST check a box . . .
Black
White
Hispanic
Male
Female

Who decided that people, humans, needed to be classified?
And who created the classifications?
And how often are these classifications reviewed and revised?
And what are the criteria for reclassification?

Or are we being too Emotional?
Are we turning an
Ant Hill into a Mountain ?

There are those who say that neither Laverne Cox nor Caitlyn Jenner are women because they were born men. There is no concrete evidence that Laverne has undergone gender reassignment surgery and Caitlyn has stated that she will not be having the surgery, so there is no way either of them of them can be classified as a woman.
There are those who say that Laverne is more woman than Caitlyn because she has been living her life as a woman.
A picture of Serena Williams has been placed beside a picture of Caitlyn with the caption
                    Serena looks like a man but Caitlyn is beautiful.
Which has further fueled the debate on what makes a woman a woman.

Does anyone have the answers to put this debate to rest?

Then there was that whole Rachel Dolezal identifying as black despite having two white parents. There are those who say that only those born of at least one black parent can identify as black, and that she was a fraud and a liar as she didn't originally state that neither of her parents weren't/aren't black.
Taye Diggs stated that he doesn't want his son identified as black, but as mixed so as not to discount his other non-black parent. There are those who are of the belief that if you have one drop of black blood
You're Black ! And if you say you're not then you're Self-Hating .

And what about all those celebrities that you didn't know were black?
Are they wrong for not stating they are black at every media event?

What is the proper etiquette for stating the race of your parents?

Do you just check the box unconsciously based on what society considers the norm?
Or do you pause and have an internal discussion based on how you identify yourself, and check that box?

Sources:
National Review - Laverne Cox Not A Woman
Wikipedia - Laverne Cox
Wikipedia - Caitlyn Jenner
Wikipedia - Rachel Dolezal
Huffington Post - Taye Diggs - Mixed Not Black
Style Blazer - Celebrities you didn't know were black


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