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I like how the lady in OP's picture says that one day, it'll be seen as barbaric to have survey's about people's race, because it's just a simple backward social construct, but that we should let this person identify as any race they want. It's one or the other. It's either race is important, or it's not.
I think this lady is pretty enraging. She can do exactly what she did as an activist without altering her hair or putting on makeup everyday. Like, she just seems fake. I watched her interview on MSNBC, and she just seemed so.... I don't know how to quite explain it. I feel like the interviewer didn't ask tough enough questions, and she let a lot of bullshit slide. This lady obviously lied about a lot of her upbringing and tried to identify with a group that she had less in common that she wants. That's why she fabricated death threats, said she grew up in a teepee shooting animals with bows and arrows, because she wanted to have that black experience so bad, but she never got it.
This just goes how to show how privileged she is. Like, a kid growing up in Baltimore city didn't get a choice to grow up with a life free of disproportionate police attention, getting passed over for jobs, or other shit they have to deal with on a daily basis. They didn't get to decide. Not only did this lady choose to live this way, when no one gave her what she thought was the "black experience" she chose to make it up. She had all the benefits of living a life where she didn't have to deal with it, but she still faked it for... what? It's not like a white woman with no past of discrimination can't help reduce inequality in this country, but she had to lie. If that isn't absolutely insulting to the black community, then I don't know what is.
But maybe I'm caring too much. In a few weeks, I'll forget about this lady, and she'll keep doing what she's doing and will continue living her life and so will I. I don't foresee a bunch of people doing what she is doing and following in her example, except for maybe a few misguided teens. She'll be like that guy who put a bunch of tattoos on so he could be a tiger or something. So hellza, I shouldn't care.
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