Comment on What's the best way to respond to someone who says "transracial is just as valid as transgender"?
devolution@lemmy.world 1 day ago
I’d respond, “Rachel Dolezal was never shot by the police” and “Michael Jackson did not become an honorary white person just because he tried to be one.”
amino@lemmy.blahaj.zone 1 day ago
ironically the assumption that Michael was trying to become white is both racist and ableist. he was suffering from vitiligo which led him to use skin-lightening prescription creams to cover up the uneven blotches of color caused by the disability.
devolution@lemmy.world 1 day ago
And the wigs? Vitiligo means uneven splotches. He was fully white from head to toe from bleaching.
amino@lemmy.blahaj.zone 1 day ago
does a Black person wearing a wig or straightening their hair make them white? i don’t understand this asinine question.
Vitiligo is a disability that causes ostracization so he tried hiding it. there’s this thing called universal vitiligo which can progress to your entire skin. maybe do a bit of research next time before casting judgment?