I am aware of the lived realities of trans people, white and POC - TopicsExpress



          

I am aware of the lived realities of trans people, white and POC alike, but it is clear that racism runs rampant in the portrayal of trans deaths. I have encountered many white trans people who fail to recognize how their combined power and prejudice produce undeniably racist ideologies, as if their trans identities erase their systematic privileging over trans POC. Violence against trans POC is buried under six feet of blatant disregard while Brandon Teena, a white trans man, had two films produced in honor of his life and death. Laws are likelier to be made in honor of white trans people. In death, humanization can be a reality for white trans people. I need us to challenge the hypervisibility of a white trans tragedy, and the subsequent invisibility of the tragic deaths of trans POC. I want people to give a shit when trans POC have our voices, our histories, our lives, and our legacies stolen from us.
Posted on: Tue, 06 Jan 2015 17:13:07 +0000

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