"Black people have Tourette’s too" really has me realizing that I genuinely do not think I understand the "Black trans people exist too" thing.
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"Black people have Tourette’s too" really has me realizing that I genuinely do not think I understand the "Black trans people exist too" thing.
It seems to me that "Black people have Tourette's too" is a good argument for being less shitty to disabled people, not an argument for punishing disabled people for being disabled.
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"Black people have Tourette’s too" really has me realizing that I genuinely do not think I understand the "Black trans people exist too" thing.
It seems to me that "Black people have Tourette's too" is a good argument for being less shitty to disabled people, not an argument for punishing disabled people for being disabled.
In this example, I read the Orange as saying that we should impose consequences on John Davidson for being disabled, because a Black person with Tourette's would have behaved differently.
But that's not true.
Black people with Tourette's exist.
People with Tourette's do not have control over their tics.
If we encourage society to punish people with Tourette's for their tics, that's obviously going to harm Black people with Tourette's more than most other groups.
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"Black people have Tourette’s too" really has me realizing that I genuinely do not think I understand the "Black trans people exist too" thing.
It seems to me that "Black people have Tourette's too" is a good argument for being less shitty to disabled people, not an argument for punishing disabled people for being disabled.
@fedilore
1) I got into the habit of putting content warnings on Bluesky posting because of you. It's not just very funny - the idea of a webbed site so bad it needs a content warning - but it is also very appropriate.
2.) The discourse on Bsky right now is so bad about this. The ableism is out of control. -
In this example, I read the Orange as saying that we should impose consequences on John Davidson for being disabled, because a Black person with Tourette's would have behaved differently.
But that's not true.
Black people with Tourette's exist.
People with Tourette's do not have control over their tics.
If we encourage society to punish people with Tourette's for their tics, that's obviously going to harm Black people with Tourette's more than most other groups.
Similarly, transphobia is generally going to harm Black trans women the most.
The fact that Black trans women exist and are extremely socially vulnerable is an argument for fighting against transphobia from all sources.
"Black trans women exist" should encourage you to care more about transmisogny, not less.
But that does not seem like how people use that term.
