tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1865221937787692748.post5181413912150261451..comments2017-01-22T23:43:05.302-08:00Comments on Saving Jane Laplain: Phase 1: Throwing my hat in the ring on:Jane Laplainhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17679382711142268177noreply@blogger.comBlogger4125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1865221937787692748.post-26489511806265025212011-04-25T10:48:20.771-07:002011-04-25T10:48:20.771-07:00Well, I do believe race plays a role in violence a...Well, I do believe race plays a role in violence against trans people, as the statistics make that very clear. What I was trying to say (and said badly) was basically what you said above.<br /><br />And I think that making attacks about race in the way that you quote above just fails pretty hard.Lisa Harneyhttp://www.questioningtransphobia.comnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1865221937787692748.post-71377049812916871302011-04-23T18:43:48.231-07:002011-04-23T18:43:48.231-07:00@Lisa
Thanks Lisa.
For me I'd say it's h...@Lisa<br /><br />Thanks Lisa.<br /><br />For me I'd say it's hard to know exactly how race plays into the dominant cultural idea that trans people are game for violence. But I wouldn't go so far to say that race plays NO part ever... just that it's very difficult to tease out except to say that when it comes to being readable as trans... any sort of white privilege that Jane Laplainhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17679382711142268177noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1865221937787692748.post-41243928912064422042011-04-23T18:43:31.372-07:002011-04-23T18:43:31.372-07:00This comment has been removed by a blog administrator.Lisa Harneyhttp://www.questioningtransphobia.comnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1865221937787692748.post-54173079712268967952011-04-23T18:37:40.232-07:002011-04-23T18:37:40.232-07:00Yeah, this is cissexist violence against a trans w...Yeah, this is cissexist violence against a trans woman. Making it about race is so much dogwhistling and so not the point.<br /><br />Per Bil Browning, every comment he deleted on the TBP post about this was racist. I reported one with a particularly gross slur, and I can imagine what others posted. This seems like a lot of other white people are taking advantage of this situation to show their Lisa Harneyhttp://www.questioningtransphobia.comnoreply@blogger.com