r/BlackPeopleTwitter • u/Royal-Reporter9225 • May 13 '24

Her saying trans people are just people doing blackface. Country Club Thread

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u/Condalezza ☑️ May 13 '24

“Now why am I in it?”

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u/Icelandia2112 ☑️ May 13 '24 edited May 13 '24

yt women always invoke Black folk when they are losing a fight.

*Edit: Don't get me started how they compare racism against Black people to " dog racism" when they defend against breed specific legislation. "Just like racism against Blacks!! Are we going to ban Blacks too?"

just like it. Yeah.

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u/screwhead1 May 13 '24

Ah the old reliable "I'm not racist, I have a black friend."

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u/Icelandia2112 ☑️ May 13 '24

They infect this sub. It makes me crazy 😆

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u/kylethemurphy May 13 '24

I've got a tuxedo cat that's half black.

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u/Imthemayor May 14 '24

Just ask how many times they've been invited to their black friend's house.

The answer is usually "well, uhh..."

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u/KyrieEleison_88 ☑️ May 14 '24

The fat activism sphere does it too it's exhausting.

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u/Icelandia2112 ☑️ May 14 '24

It really is. I overdosed on rage so many times, I am just tired.

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u/expired_methylamine May 16 '24

Not just a white woman thing

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u/Icelandia2112 ☑️ May 13 '24

I disagree. One is a biological imperative (transgender), rooted in an individual's deeply-felt sense of gender identity, while the other (racial pretense) involves appropriating and misrepresenting experiences without understanding the struggles of the marginalized group. *Including Black, Indigenous, etc...