The part I have trouble with in this video is that she said that the young ( I am assuming lesbian or queen person) could change her orientation. I understand that that person has white privilege and that her queerness may not be as instantly apparent to some as race. However, if the person of color she is being compared to is cis and straight then they also have privilege. In the end she says that we can’t pretend that our differences don’t exist we have to accept them because they are important. However, just a minute prior she dismissed the assumedly queer person’s difference by simply stating “well she can change her orientation.” I wish she could have taken in a step further and not dismissed queerness as simply something she can change by hiding in the closet. or dressing differently. That is when she lost me. I am not creating a hierarchy of oppressions here either , I am in NO way dismissing the racism that people of color experience daily. I feel as though she is dismissing queerness entirely and that disservices white queers and queers of color who have to deal with intersectionalities of oppression.
Actually, that’s NOT what she said (and I was listening very closely because - get this - I’m a queer person of color). She said Keri (sp?) could change her ornamentation - y’know, the piercing, the hair dye, the clothes, etc.
Now that you have sufficiently showed your ass, will you allow us lowly, brainwashed, homophobic POCs to get back to the discussion at hand, which was racism?
(Source: vegtablez, via brainhairheartbreasts)
