Read about ethnicity, then slap yourself for being a moron.
Read what about ethnicity, the fact that there ARE genetic differences just like their are with gender? The fact that blacks tend to have thicker bone density? The fact that certain ethnicity are more susceptible to certain illnesses and diseases? (sickle cell)
Read what about ethnicity, the fact that there ARE genetic differences just like their are with gender? The fact that blacks tend to have thicker bone density? The fact that certain ethnicity are more susceptible to certain illnesses and diseases? (sickle cell)
the fact that she did all this for monetary gain and to further her career just rubs me the wrong way. white allies exist but by putting on the wig and covering herself in bronzer she's just making a mockery of it?
I see the other point of view and everything but how is a white woman saying she feels black so wears a wig and fools people into thinking she's black okay when black people cant do the same?
and people being adamant in comparing it to gender like why the obsession in being the devils advocate
the same argument can be made against Caitlyn Jenner for reducing femininity to a boob job, a wig and sexy lingerie. Essentially making a mockery of what it means to be a woman, by ur logic.
the exact same argument can be made against Laverne Cox who is making serious $$$ AND furthering her career based on being a 'woman'.
you honestly can't chastise one and cape for the other. It's all or nothing.
Being transracial is completely different from being transgender, because unlike gender being an actual spectrum - being black is not treated as a SPECTRUM in society. If you are anything but white, you are subject to a whole host of active and passive social prejudice and applying some bronzer to your skin doesn't give you the right to co-op a racial identity, ESPECIALLY when that racial identity is based on stereotypes.
STOP. It doesn't discredit the work she's done as an ally, but she is NOT black and pretending to be black is an INSULT to the very people whose rights she is fighting to protect.
What do you mean by spectrum? Like in between races? I'd say Mariah Carey is in the middle of the spectrum both race wise and how society treats her.
the same argument can be made against Caitlyn Jenner for reducing femininity to a boob job, a wig and sexy lingerie. Essentially making a mockery of what it means to be a woman, by ur logic.
the exact same argument can be made against Laverne Cox who is making serious $$$ AND furthering her career based on being a 'woman'.
you honestly can't chastise one and cape for the other. It's all or nothing.
How do you know that? Especially if she's been doing this since 1995, that means she was 18 at the time. I honestly don't think all her advocating and stuff is all one big charade, especially when she'd likely gain more for being a white ally than a black woman "living the plight". This woman has had sitdowns with Angela Davis ffs I think there's a mental aspect involved here. At the very least, she's disturbed.
being a white woman is beneficial in society but in these NAACP circles and in African American societies its not and shes seen as an outsider and not knowing the struggle so to fit in she dresses up as a black woman. I doubt its inner struggle or being disturbed as much as it is wanting to fit in and gain respect or credibility from the people she worked with.
its still ridiculous and offensive as hell but I guess I can see why she'd do it
I hate seeing those “if you can be transgender, why can’t you be transracial” so here are my thoughts on that in case your really looking for an answer and not just being a huge dick.
Anyway, onto it.
Race is not fluid- it is not changeable.
Being a member certain race means that from the moment you are born you are put in either a position of social privilege or disadvantage. Those born into disadvantage have developed their own means of survival, their own ways to keep pushing through a world that hates them, and though it may manifest in different ways, our shared history of oppression makes many of our characteristics similar and easy to (mistakenly)stereotype. Not the same by any stretch of the imagination, mind you, but it allows us to understand each other on a more personal level, even from a far.
You don’t ‘transition races’ because you are truly of that race- you ‘become’ black because you see the amazing community that has been created by those in a position of near powerlessness. You have seen the incredible things that black people can do, that have produced- you see the creativity that they are endowed with, and you say, ‘I want that’.
You want the privileges of being black, without ever fighting for them- you want to reap something you never sowed.
Moreover, you base your idea of race on a horrifically static group of stereotypes and try to imitate them, not realizing that these things that have been deemed the norm for the black community come from years of living a certain way, and, even so, is not shared by the entire race. For instance, you decide to speak using AAVE because it’s cool- not because it is your language. You try to mimic our anger- when you have never understood the pain it is borne of. You enter our spaces because you like the way they look from the outside- not because you have nowhere else to go.
You want to be us, without ever being able to understand why we are us.
In other words, you are no better than a living, breathing, racist caricature that doesn’t respect the black community enough to realize you are not a part of it.
Do I even need to mention that white people would never allow black people to be considered white because their rampant anti-blackness barely allows them to accept a black person in their spaces, let alone ‘be’ them, or can we move on?
Great. Moving the **** on then.
Gender, on the other hand is incredibly fluid and personal.
You do not decide to ‘be’ transgender because you want to wear a dress, or pants(because, heads up, clothes are not explicitly gendered). You don’t ‘become’ transgender because you desperately want to be a full time parent or an engineer, because once again, for those in the cheap seats, that **** has nothing to do with gender.
You have, at some point in your life, realized that you are not defined by your genitals/chromosomes/secondary sex characteristics, and despite all odds, you are not as you have previously been defined. It is not because of the traits you find cool and interesting in the other gender, it is because you have found the traits within yourself that make you a woman or man(or non- binary). You are willing to endure hell on earth to become who you truly are, and accept the social stigma and consequences that comes with that. You are not an outsider looking in and jealously admiring what others have worked so hard to have, you are an insider who has been wrongly labeled.
It is not about changing your image, it is about you becoming your image.
You are not trying to ‘invade’ brother or sisterhood, you just want to be who you are, and you deserve the support of every person alive in that endeavor.
So before you decide to open your ****ing mouth and say some dumb ****, including but not limited to ‘being transgender and transracial are the same’ remember to not ever belittle the need to be by comparing it to the desire to take.
You don't get to ****ing co-op my racial identity, because you don't ****ing know what it's like to walk down the road afraid of if the cops are gonna pull out a gun and shoot you in the head, because you don't know what it's ****ing like to know your entire community (LGBT) sees you as a lower subject for your skin complexion, because you don't ****ing know what it's like to have to work twice as hard just to be SEEN as on the level with basic white people.
You don't get to ****ing throw on some bronzer and call yourself black just because you like the idea of dreadlocks and painting your face, and the idea of throwing on African traditional dress. Do all those things if you want but you're NOT black and you will NEVER be black because you don't know our pain and the things we have been SUBJECTED to for centuries.
Need nothing more to say.
