I see a lot of people using the term "transracial." As a black trans woman the mere suggestion is offensive. The fact people are connecting this to trannsexuality makes me want to punch a fucking wall. Not only does it undermine my transgender brothers and sisters struggle, it completely undermines the life experiences of racial minorities by suggesting white people can just easily jump in and out whenever they want without repercussion. Us black people can't change our race, you can however, change your gender, and the transracial thing makes me want to do a Looney Tunes esque spit take. At the end of the day, this lady is still white. She lied about her history and background, us transsexual are just trying to express who we are as individuals. Race is hereditary, gender is social. just the hint of comparing the two, while saying some white lady can pretend to be black makes me want to punch shit.
I have read things like "this lady has done more for the black community than these black people sitting behind their keyboards" It makes me want to choke a fucker. The NAACP, when it first got off the ground was started by whites, and the only affluent in the black community were allowed to join and have a voice. People like W.E.B Dubois had to pass paper bag tests in order to join the NAACP, and anyone darker in tone than a paper bag was not allowed to join. Even when an organization is created to claim to speak for black people, we weren't allowed to be a part of it unless we were light skinned. And he we are, 100 years later, and some fucking chick who puts on bronzer pretends to be black and people are talking about how oh so much better she did the job than actual black people. I spit on this entire situation. It makes me sick.
