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[–]Barber_Acrobatic 45 insightful - 2 fun45 insightful - 1 fun46 insightful - 2 fun -  (2 children)

From an outsiders perspective it does seem as if the black community has done a much better job at not buying into this sort of thing. Prime example being the (rightful) shutting down of Rachel Dozeal.

I'd be interested to know your thoughts in why you think this is? From my perspective I'd wager a lot of it has to do with a white sensitivity on being on 'the wrong side of history' again and so passivity and open acceptance has overwhelmed all sense of reason.

That said, while it may have originally come from a good place (I'm personally doubtful of this but open to other perspectives) its deeply concerning to see how this over correction is ruling out all sensible and nuanced and instead reducing us to having to have frankly ridiculous arguments over whether a man with a beard and a week of oestrogen under his belt is somehow magically a woman.

[–]pennyheax 37 insightful - 2 fun37 insightful - 1 fun38 insightful - 2 fun -  (1 child)

I'm not the OP but I reckon it has to do with black women being one of the most marginalized groups, silenced in the media, and more likely to be victims of male violence. So when TRAs whip out their oppression card, it's met with a collective "so?" I can't recall a single mainstream movement centered exclusively on the issues that black women face, but now we got black trans lives matter.

All that, and highly tuned sensors for white bullshit.

[–]Yamyam 4 insightful - 1 fun4 insightful - 0 fun5 insightful - 1 fun -  (0 children)

They took every goodamn movement and center it on their own. Women's March? Fuck you, coz they ain't in it. LGB? Fuck that too, and dominated every media with their transness and openned the gate for other alphabets and +. BLM? Well this shit ain't inclusive enough. Now it's Black TRANS Lives Matter.

What a fucking joke.