intrarace is a term that i coined, referring to an alter/headmate/pluran/etc. who internally presents as a certain race different from their physical body, but importantly, does not claim to have the lived experience of being that race.
flag meanings and customizable versions under the cut.
blank flags for your convenience. my intrarace flag is intended to be a template customized to the user, as there are about a million different ways to be intrarace.
taken from the trace flag such to be symbolic of the overlap in our feelings and experiences with those who are trace. intraracial alters may or may not identify as trace, but i personally do not. the many skin tones from the trace flag also represent the many different skin tones your physical body could have, and how regardless, it remains distinct from your internal race.
the circle in the center is meant to be filled with either a flag, a particular skin tone, a symbol of your internal race, or whatever you like that represents it to you. for me, i use the south korean flag, as i am intrakorean. but someone who is intrablack for example might fill it with the pan-african flag, pan-african colors, or a dark skin tone.
the color of the circle on the left is lifted from the dissociative disorder & PTSD awareness ribbon, and is symbolic of both the involuntary nature of the identity and whatever trauma, stress, or other life experience caused an alter to split with a different race from the body. this version of the flag is intended to be used only by those with traumagenic dissociative disorders. i can’t stop you from using it if that’s not you… but i’ll be a very sad panda.
on the right is an alternate version for non-traumagenic or non-disordered plurals and systems. the color of the circle is lifted from the endogenic flag, specifically the stripe representing trust, peace, and integrity- symbolic not only of the promise from the flag’s coiner not to encroach on CDD exclusive spaces, but of the promise from intraracial alters not to claim the real-world lived experience of our intrarace.
you can, however, change the color of the circle to whatever you like or feel represents you.
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