Originally Posted by
Wiccan615
"Having characters be force diversified is lame." That's what he said and that was the tone of his argument, it was worded in an almost objective manner. I don't agree with that at all, claiming a character was "forced" to be something is ridiculous, it was a conscious story decision. If you don't like it, fine, but using the whole "forced" argument isn't realistic at all. Nobody forced this story, it's what was chosen. It may feel forced, but guess what? Coming out isn't always a cakewalk, sometimes it actually is forced.
Comparing someone coming out of the closet after years of being repressed and hiding their sexuality to someone swapping their race is false equivalence. Race is mostly an exterior part of you that you can't hide, and i wouldn't say it's something fluid like sexuality. You can identify with whatever race you want and you can look like a different race than what you are but it's not comparable to the social mechanisms that keep someone in the closet. Also, Rachel Dolzeol is the exception, not the rule and her situation borders on cultural appropriation, again not the same thing as someone realizing that they aren't straight. Also, Rachel chose to identify as another race, sexuality isn't a choice.