My real opinion on Rachel Dolezal: I feel bad for her. Terrible for her. I pity her, like I pity people who are truly suffering from a mental illness, like she clearly is. Watching her Lauer interview, it’s clear she’s a smart woman. She said she identifies as “black,” not “African American,” as the question said. When confronted with a photograph from her childhood, with blonde hair and white skin, she said the girl in the photo would “visibly” be seen as white. She also told another interviewer that she empathized with the story of Caitlyn Jenner since she feels similarly. I know it’s not PC to make the comparison, but she has a mental illness, as does Bruce Jenner. Gender dysphoria, like racial dysphoria, and the closely related body dysmorphia, are real mental illnesses and laughing at someone over it just seems wrong. There’s a difference between someone faking something like being trans, or being black, because it’s cool to do, and someone suffering from delusions from a mental disorder. Don’t normalize or praise mental illness, or pretend you’re mentally ill. She’s a troubled woman, clearly, but there are worse things out there. Assuming, of course, she didn’t do all of this for her own personal advantage.
ok gentlefarter, no one is saying its the worst, we don't have to preface all criticisms by acknowledging that other shit is bad when we want to talk about one particular work
literally no one said it was problematic trash except you projecting but if you really can't get why ppl would have problems with a popular series that's more influential on pop culture than other shitty fantasy, then mb you need to not stan it every time
all i remember from hetalia was this one really popular fic where they were all humans and america was a marine biologists obsessed with whales and canada was his student
"racism and sexism are forms of prejudice wherein the oppressed is at a disadvantaged position of power" This is not true and a toxic definition. Also, power is contextual and not an absolute thing.
selina is a terrible person, mother, and president but i'd hate it if she became veep again. at this point, it seems obvious that's what's going to happen tho
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