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[–]Spicylikegumbo 52 insightful - 2 fun52 insightful - 1 fun53 insightful - 2 fun -  (3 children)

I wish those freaks would stop comparing themselves with black women. We have always been identified as women. We just weren't given rights and were treated like subhumans. Nowhere in history can I find a black woman being referred to as a man. It's only modern day white men, including trans white ones, who label us that way.

[–]Eurowoman24 6 insightful - 1 fun6 insightful - 0 fun7 insightful - 1 fun -  (2 children)

do non-TRAs do that? only noticed tras being open about it. Really shocked?

[–][deleted] 11 insightful - 1 fun11 insightful - 0 fun12 insightful - 1 fun -  (1 child)

Yes. It comes from racist caricatures of black women as being "big, loud, and aggressive" (traits generally considered masculine) that you see in the Angry Black Women trope. I cannot tell you how many times I've seen black women called manly or basically men, so when I first started seeing these "if black women are women" type posts from (more often than not white) TRAs it immediately brought those taunts to mind.

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

So many black male comedians had this as their schtick for a long time - Martin Lawrence, Eddie Murphy, Jamie Foxx, Tyler Perry - all crossdressed. I just laughed when I was younger, but now I see how dangerous those stereotypes are.