RCTA

English Noun ~ en automotive en rear cross traffic alert. en uncountable internet slang often attributive en race change to another: the act of transitioning into a different race from the one one was born into. en 2022-10-08 hoshisangels 1578714555349626880 https://archive.ph/8ZNHp 2026-05-25 what in the actual goofy ahh is this rcta bs.... en 2023-07-30 Emi Tuyetnhi Tran Inside the online world of people who think they can change their race w:NBC News https://www.nbcnews.com/news/asian-america/race-change-to-another-trend-online-rcna93759 Practitioners of “race change to another,” or RCTA, purport to be able to manifest physical changes in their appearance and even their genetics to truly become a different race. https://web.archive.org/web/20260906134823/https://www.nbcnews.com/news/asian-america/race-change-to-another-trend-online-rcna93759 6 September 2026 en 2023-09-02 SAi-DOL Is my makeup considered Asian fishing? MakeupAddiction 167v4x1 https://web.archive.org/web/20230917155438/https://www.reddit.com/r/MakeupAddiction/comments/167v4x1/is_my_makeup_considered_asian_fishing/ 2023-09-17 I am not Asian, but I do my makeup inspired by Asian and dolly trends just cuz I think it looks neat and think it works well with my features. But recently with the rcta fiasco I started wondering if doing it this way is Asian fishing esp cuz it makes my eyes look pretty different imo. en 2023-12-17 Mechaniized I'm mixed Korean and mid-identity crisis, and social media has been making it so much worse. mixedrace 18kbgg3 https://web.archive.org/web/20250612234306/https://www.reddit.com/r/mixedrace/comments/18kbgg3/im_mixed_korean_and_mididentity_crisis_and_social/ 2025-06-12 I just get this nagging feeling in the back of my head that doing this just makes me another face in the crowd of white Koreaboos. I'm also extremely, painfully aware of the RCTA crowd and other similar weird fetishy racist bullshit that ESPECIALLY revolves around fetishising Korean people and culture. en 2025-12-15 Kazui_is_inno 2000457860828831772 https://archive.ph/X1gnX 2026-05-25 I don’t think he Subaru Kimura hates black people I think he just kinda wants to be black. Kinda like those RCTA ppl that were on TikTok. Still very racist tho en countable internet slang A person who has made such a change: a transracial person. en RCTAs seek to change their race.   I'm telling my mom I'm an RCTA. en 2025-04-30 Fantastic_Iron_3627 1kbrdz0 namenerds https://web.archive.org/web/20250731122423/https://www.reddit.com/r/namenerds/comments/1kbrdz0/does_anybody_else_go_through_something_similar_to/ 2025-07-31 Does anybody else go through something similar to this? Before I came back to a job that I quit 2 years ago, my co-worker decided to jokingly tell my other co-workers that I'm an RCTA and that I've been trying to be asian my entire life (there is 0 point in time where I've done that) and I had to tell all of them that it wasn't true when I got there. en 2025-12-06 Same_Set6599 1pfv9p8 nsmmkhm fictionkin https://web.archive.org/web/20260525171316/https://old.reddit.com/r/fictionkin/comments/1pfv9p8/got_called_rcta/nsmmkhm/ 2026-05-25 Got Called RCTA It definetely can be annoying when people think you are an RCTA just because you kin a character from a different race. Adjective ? en internet slang uncommon transracial; having changed one's race. en 2023-09-28 The_Meeper106657 ExplainBothSides nzt65i k2jtbf5 https://web.archive.org/web/20260525114210/https://old.reddit.com/r/ExplainBothSides/comments/nzt65i/neopronouns_arearent_valid/k2jtbf5/ 2026-05-25 It's really confusing, I don't believe anyone seriously identifies as bun/bunself, it's really goofy. But it sounds so wrong saying your pronouns are objects, places, etc. It's like the people who are RCTA (race change to another). It's like ya'll don't want to identify with human pronouns.