• CileTheSane@lemmy.ca
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      8 months ago

      Are Black trans women known for this kind of behaviour? Are there apologists for Black trans women who make every effort to miss the fucking point that there are people who think this isn’t a thing that happens?

      • HopFlop@discuss.tchncs.de
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        8 months ago

        Nonody is “known” for that behaviour. You really just seem to ascribe personality traits to people based on their skin color. I thought we were long past that.

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        8 months ago

        Are Black trans women known for this kind of behaviour?

        The question suggests that Black trans women are all alike. It’s exactly that kind of generalization that’s being criticized.

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          7 months ago

          Nobody is saying all white men are like this, what they are saying that it is only white men who do this.

          Being a white man who is aware of the stereotype, I in no way feel attacked by it. I do feel aware that I need to be careful not to interrupt my colleagues or to mansplain things that I may be less knowledgeable about. This response from me is beneficial to both myself and the people I interact with.

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              7 months ago

              “Mansplain” is derogatory.

              I agree that it is derogatory to mansplain to someone, like to tell an expert in a subject that they don’t know what they’re talking about and thinking that’s okay because they are a woman.