Food for thought: Remove “black” from the headline and ask yourself if you’d be as quick to judge and demonise.https://twitter.com/thedailybeast/status/609390666397941760 …
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@joasqueeniebee (I guess my question is how do we reconcile this w similar arguments radical feminists level at transgender women?)
@aral @joasqueeniebee they're false equivalencies, as I understand it.
@outseide What I’m trying to understand is why they’re false equivalences. Would <3 to read up on it if you have any links +@joasqueeniebee
@aral @joasqueeniebee isn’t the issue about whether or not you’re part of the group you’re saying you represent.?
@aral @joasqueeniebee you can represent without being of that group’s gender/race/etc. but it’s the blurring of it that is being criticised.
@joasqueeniebee @aral yes I do mean ally or support. It’s the represent part that’s the issue. Good catch of my sloppy tweeting.
@apolaine she didn't present herself as an ally, she pretended to be black and benefited from a system that privileges light skinned ppl
@joasqueeniebee but didn’t she masquerade as an ally to do that? (I’m not trying support her by the way. Trying to unpack @aral’s question).
@joasqueeniebee I understand that, but much of the outrage is her NAACP role, no? @aral
@aral Like it's insensitive, transphobic to the Nth degree. The comparison is built on fears of transwomen
@aral you cannot compare being transwomen to wearing blackface. I don't know what else to type but that.
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