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.

Wait, what evidence is there to actually support the claim that she's done a 'better' job than any black person? What are her actual accomplishments in regards to the NAACP's mission statement? There's certainly nothing to that effect on her wikipedia page. Because this sounds like white people regurgitating their usual spiel.

Fucking hate when people delete their comments. Anyway they said this

I can't get down with that. I get what you are saying. Yes she has done good things and helped people. But doesn't changed the fact she is a white women. She's gotten paid multiple times to speak about her personal experiences "as a black women" when she isn't a black women. And all that other stuff it's messed up. She can feel like she's black or supposed to have been black but she's not and she damn near donned blackface to appear so.

Here is an article she wrote, saying "we black women": http://m.inlander.com/spokane/a-womans-worth/Content?oid=2425703

This is my real issue here she doesn't just change her hair she actively refers to herself as a black women. She hired a actor to play her "black dad" and her adopted black brother as her son. She often speaks about being a black women and the struggles that come along with it but for her if she straightens her hair and gets rid of the tan then she's a white woman again. And she'll be treated as such. For actual black people obviously it doesn't work like that. We can can change whatever it about us hair, eyes, clothes whatever but we'll still be black and treated as such. Of course there are black people who can pass for white. But in the context here they wouldn't be changing anything, they can already pass.

Nothing is wrong with her being white. Most things in her life she still could have done as a white woman. I don't understand why she felt the need to pretend to be black when there are white people in the NAACP teaching African studies etc. Identity issues maybe? One of the things I find disturbing and really messed up is that she was getting paid to "speak on experiences as a black women" like that's like 3 types of messed up. Actual black women now are losing out because a white women tans and perms her hair to look black and wants to talk about her experiences as black women. I'm happy she was down or whatever but she could have been down without damn near putting on black face.

The fact that people could even compare being trans to walking around in black face, appropriating culture, and allegedly fabricating hate crimes against herself just shows how far we have not come. A white cisgender woman getting bored and deciding to put on a minstrel show is not even in a league of people just trying to be themselves. It's literally the opposite.

Just the phrase trans-racial catches ALL the side-eye from me. People draw shallow ass conclusions between trans-sexual and this woman's deceit because they are unable to think critically. Everything is not simple and equal. When you add variables, the equation changes.

Surely they were just making a bad joke.

This story confuses me, though. Does this girl have African ancestors that her parents want to sweep under the rug and the daughter is proud of?

Or did she just get bored with being a white girl?

dafuq?

Can somebody explain it like I'm 105? You won't be all that far off.

I agree, this whole thing reeks of mini buns by Marc Jacobs.

i'm super ootl on the rachel dolezal situation (working nights, school in the early morning, sleeping mid day, only checking srd as of late). can someone give me a rundown of what exactly is going on?

I agree that trans-racial is bullshit created to attack trans people. Total bullshit. But at the same time, I think that race, like gender, should be looked at as a social construct. The alternative is biological essentialism and identity policing, which are very scary things, especially for folks who occupy the liminal spaces between those identities. I'm thinking here not so much about Dolezal as multiracial folks, trans folks, and others whose identities are routinely disrespected and denied.

transman of color. this whole thing is a goddamn shit show, and infuriates me like you can't believe (actually you can). just what in the fuck!

Yes. It points to a fundamental misunderstanding of gender, race, sex, and society as a whole...and assholery. It points to assholery.

And call Keri Hilson out for that foolishness...was never a fan, but watching her sit and defend this chick? I know who she is now.

The woman lied about her race to put herself in a great position. Reason enough to dislike her. End of story.

And right on fucking time.

Gonna cosign this 100%.

Does this mean I can become a cougar?