People feel duped by her and from their perspective, it’s a mockery of what it is to be black. White privilege at play. “I’m white and all I have to do is tan, crimp hair, checkbox black on forms, and be an activist and the black community will accept me as black”. That’s how I believe they see it. I don’t think they’re wrong.
At the same time, she puts together a compelling story about wanting to right wrongs and seeing this as the only way.
So is she transrace? Or will be she used as a case to delegitimize transgender? I *think* transgender has finally come far enough to stay and hope it does – but public perception is a fickle thing and can flip flop, so I don’t know.
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