Angela Davis is on Vacation

littlelovelybabygirl:

Almost all of the discourse you have created, almost all of it, is shaped and controlled by you, for you, and only for your benefit. But almost all of it is based on the bodies of people of color. We have had the cultures that embraced who we were and gave us a special…

(Source: lovexrevolutions)

atriptothemorg:

alexandraerin:

westofawhitehouse:

atriptothemorg:

world-of-whit:

dizzzypie:

world-of-whit:

Wouldn’t this have to be clarified a bit? Something along the lines of having it be the last 20 murders of trans women that we know about?

Honey, that sounds kind of like a derail. Fact is trans WoC have it much worse than white…

Here’s the thing, boo. White trans women’s stories aren’t erased or ignored because white trans women are white. White stories are never ignored.

Simply because a group does not suffer under all axes of oppression does not mean their experiences can’t be erased or ignored.  To hold otherwise would be to ignore the most basic lessons of intersectionality.  Since the OP explicitly called for the silencing of this oppressed group (“shut the fuck up about everything forever”), the concern of erasure is present and valid. 

I think you need to go back and really study the basic tenets of intersectionality some more. Here’s a good clue: when you’re white and x, and talking to people who are not white but also x and you’re talking to them about Oppression Olympics (for people seeing this reblog, it was there in the tags) and saying that you’re being silenced and erased because they want to talk about their experiences… that’s intersectionality fail.

Intersectionality doesn’t meant that we get to bust up in or dictate the terms of a conversation predominantly by/about women of color just because we share an axis of oppression with them. Intersectionality means that we realize that even if we do share oppression, our privilege as white people shields us from the worst of it.

I’d tell you something like you embarrass me to be a white trans* woman, but you know what? Even if you managed to alienate every single person you spoke to, the point that they all walked away saying, “Man, f*** white *trans women forever.” it would have absolutely no noticeable impact on my life. As a white woman, I don’t really have to worry about how other white people reflect on me.

You see how this works?

Being white means we get to be both the assumed default generic model of a human being and we also get to be recognized as individuals. That right there should tell you how enduring white privilege is, that it can survive a paradox like that and nobody blinks an eye or even really notices.

We’re the face of being trans*. We’re the faces most people who see something about the TDOR think of, even though we’re by a huge margin the least likely to need memorializing. We’re the ones most likely to be recognized and validated (such as official validation is) by the medical community. We’re the ones most likely to get the most of the help that we need and the most legal support.

Our oppression is not erased by our privilege, but it is mitigated. 

For you to say that we represent an “oppressed group” separate from trans* women of color and to say that they have the power to silence and erase us… it’s not just an intersectionality fail, it’s an obscene co-opting of the concept of intersectionality for the purpose of silencing/shaming/hijacking a conversation about who really bears the brunt of anti-trans* sentiments and actions.

Dropping bombs! Werq.

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vizzz:

i just had a conversation on facebook with someone who is of the opinion that the Schrödinger’s Rapist article that i reblogged a link to earlier is “hostile and xenophobic”. She is someone who was born and raised in the city I live in, and said that she will smile and say hello to people on the…

I’m not sure how tumblr works, but deleting things that have been reblogged doesn’t make the problem go away.  Think about how you perform activism, and where you do it, and why it matters to you.

vizzz:

i just had a conversation on facebook with someone who is of the opinion that the Schrödinger’s Rapist article that i reblogged a link to earlier is “hostile and xenophobic”. She is someone who was born and raised in the city I live in, and said that she will smile and say hello to people on the…

Please also include your past posting about calling cops where black youth are often marginalized for offenses you ASSUME.  You know what happens when you do that?  It’s called the school to prison pipeline, in which you are influencing in addition to your internalized racism that you want your tumblr friends to validate.  I wanted to call you out on that status, however resisted because i’m exhausted with “allies” and how they perform activism.

vizzz:

i just had a conversation on facebook with someone who is of the opinion that the Schrödinger’s Rapist article that i reblogged a link to earlier is “hostile and xenophobic”. She is someone who was born and raised in the city I live in, and said that she will smile and say hello to people on the…

Hi Molly, its phylicia.  You’re validating your internalized racism.  Last week you posted about calling the cops on elementary school kids.  Ask your friends if you’re just being a privilege white cis person because of that.  I hope you get the validation from tumblr you need about your internalized racism.