Post #3391883
2026-06-24 15:50 UTC
I think more white trans people should focus on reading things written by and talking to people of color. Because we understand oppression in a different way, in a way that has the benefit of generational knowledge. No one prepared me to be trans, there was no way for my family to know how my life would turn out and even if they did they had no experience. I was prepared to be Mexican. Adults in my life prepared me for a world that would treat me different due to the color of my skin.
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@itzyg@wandering.shop 2026-06-24 15:55
A lot of the discourse that trans people have, is the same talking points that people of color have been discussing for generations. You don't have to create a method for living under oppression from first principles. My top example of this is the Vanishing Half, a book about two light skinned black women who are twins. One lives her life as a black woman, the other as a white woman. I feel like this should be required reading for anyone who wants to talk about passing or being stealth.