White person claims to be 'transracial ' identifies as Filipino
Ja Du
Ja Du   a transgender white person from New Orleans  also claims to be transracial and identifies as Filipino.
 Du  was born Adam Wheeler and grew up loving Filipino food and culture -- so much so  Du  now identifies as Filipino  even driving a purple motorized rickshaw  Du  called a Tuk Tuk  an Asian-derived vehicle used for public transit in the Philippines.
âWhenever Iâm around the music  around the food  I feel like Iâm in my own skin â  Du  told WTSP. âIâd watch the history channel sometimes for hours  you know  whenever it came to that and  you know  nothing else intrigued me more but things about Filipino culture.â
The comments make  Du  a member of a small  but growing  community of people who consider themselves transracial -- meaning to be born one race but identify with another.
âI think things that made no sense to most people make sense to us on an individual level in almost every person  like a swelling feeling you feel when you listen to dramatic music â  Du  told the Huffington Post. âItâs all sound and vibration but something in it relates to your soul on such a subconscious level that you connect with it  and [thatâs] how I feel about the Filipino culture.â
Many members of the Filipino-American community  however  are not pleased  with some even expressing outrage at Duâs assertion  saying  Du  is overlooking the hundreds of years of struggle Filipinos have endured.
âJa Du says he feels like himself when heâs around Filipino food and music and that is fabulous  but to then say you are that race is both unrealistic and problematic â she said. âBeing Filipino means enduring racism  discrimination and micro-aggressions all the time.â
 [TGT] also claims to be transracial and identifies as Filipino.
  [TGT] was born Adam Wheeler and grew up loving Filipino food and culture -- so much so   [TGT] now identifies as Filipino  even driving a purple motorized rickshaw   [TGT] called a Tuk Tuk  an Asian-derived vehicle used for public transit in the Philippines.
âWhenever Iâm around the music  around the food  I feel like Iâm in my own skin â   [TGT] told WTSP. âIâd watch the history channel sometimes for hours  you know  whenever it came to that and  you know  nothing else intrigued me more but things about Filipino culture.â
The comments make   [TGT] a member of a small  but growing  community of people who consider themselves transracial -- meaning to be born one race but identify with another.
âI think things that made no sense to most people make sense to us on an individual level in almost every person  like a swelling feeling you feel when you listen to dramatic music â   [TGT] told the Huffington Post. âItâs all sound and vibration but something in it relates to your soul on such a subconscious level that you connect with it  and [thatâs] how I feel about the Filipino culture.â
Many members of the Filipino-American community  however  are not pleased  with some even expressing outrage at Duâs assertion  saying   [TGT] is overlooking the hundreds of years of struggle Filipinos have endured.
 [TGT]  says  [TGT]  feels like  [TGT]  when  [TGT]  around Filipino food and music and that is fabulous  but to then say you are that race is both unrealistic and problematic â she said. âBeing Filipino means enduring racism  discrimination and micro-aggressions all the time.â