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Title: Race And Class Still Matter In The Trans Community
Post by: Natasha on May 09, 2013, 01:00:54 AM
Race And Class Still Matter In The Trans Community

http://transgriot.blogspot.com/2013/05/race-and-class-still-matter-in-trans.html (http://transgriot.blogspot.com/2013/05/race-and-class-still-matter-in-trans.html)
5/7/13
Monica Roberts

"I am tired of hearing about violence against trans folks in general. I have to say that it upsets me that "of color" is being added to create a divisional line between trans people. We are all already the most marginalized group of folks possibly on the planet, do we really need to add the race card to the mix?

I am pretty certain (being a transwoman myself) that I do not have any sort of "white privilege" or any extra safety and security because I am not "of color".

We need to unify and understand that the trans experience is unique on to itself and WE are all it together. This "of color" sh*t is BS. "