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unusualmusic_lj_archivefictitious argument of incremental rights to bolster the argument that the trangendered need to wait their turn, this is what you tell them...
http://transgriot.blogspot.com/2008/01/americas-never-ready-to-expand-rights.html
Tuesday, January 15, 2008
America's NEVER Ready To Expand Rights
Like many peeps in the transgender community I was incensed, but not surprised by Susan Stanton's unfortunate and ignorantly naive comments. She echoed crap that I've heard for over a decade from Barney Frank and HRC when she stated that America isn't ready for transgender civil rights.
It was ironic because her St. Pete Times interview came out literally 24 hours after I posted a commentary warning that she was being groomed by HRC to become the next spokessellout.
"I think we need to do a whole lot more educating before we’re going to be able to realistically have the support on the national level to get this passed. I personally don’t feel denying the rights of one group should be perpetuated unless everybody has those rights."
But in the spirit of Dr. King's birthday, instead of excoriating Susan for her less than enlightened comments, I'd rather 'ejumacate' Ms. Stanton.
Susan, since you're a newbie to living as a minority, let me hip you to something since you spent the past forty plus years basking in white male privilege.
America is NEVER ready to grant rights to people it despises.
The despised folks have to fight tooth and nail, claw, scratch, cajole, protest, write, march, shame, embarrass, vote, call out and educate until America does the right thing and finally has the moment of clarity that says, 'hey, they're right, it is wrong to discriminate against these people and we need to do the morally right thing and correct it."
Susan, in the United States Constitution it states that as an African-American, I am considered as 3/5 of what you are as a white American. America wasn't ready when women demanded the right to vote. America wasn't ready when African-Americans demanded full citizenship rights and our humanity be respected.
And contrary to the 'incremental rights' fiction about the African-American civil rights journey being bandied about by people with a vested interest in ignoring transgender people and trying to placate those in their own ranks uncomfortable with that stance, let me school you (and others) about the Civil Rights Act of 1875.
Read more:
http://transgriot.blogspot.com/2008/01/americas-never-ready-to-expand-rights.html
Unfortunately, many self-absorbed gay activists have laid claim to the fight for civil rights based on race, and have mischaracterized and abused it's legacy to support their bigotry against the transgendered. The best weapon against these pestilential people is an actual knowledge of the history that is involved. I would guess that 90-95% of Americans don't really know much about their history. They haven't been taught. Our textbooks are a mess. They basically focus on the achievements of the white men, and have downplayed the histories of racial minorities and women.Not surprising, since said white men wrote the history books. As the saying goes, ""Until the lion has his or her own storyteller, the hunter will always have the best part of the story." The lions, however, find themselves left in very nasty position. Since they don't know, then they can be led astray by cynical politicians, activists and other people with agendas that are anti-thetical to their interests. There is a reason why the saying "Those who do not know history are bound to repeat it" became a cliche. It carries a whole lot of truth.
http://transgriot.blogspot.com/2008/01/americas-never-ready-to-expand-rights.html
Tuesday, January 15, 2008
America's NEVER Ready To Expand Rights
Like many peeps in the transgender community I was incensed, but not surprised by Susan Stanton's unfortunate and ignorantly naive comments. She echoed crap that I've heard for over a decade from Barney Frank and HRC when she stated that America isn't ready for transgender civil rights.
It was ironic because her St. Pete Times interview came out literally 24 hours after I posted a commentary warning that she was being groomed by HRC to become the next spokessellout.
"I think we need to do a whole lot more educating before we’re going to be able to realistically have the support on the national level to get this passed. I personally don’t feel denying the rights of one group should be perpetuated unless everybody has those rights."
But in the spirit of Dr. King's birthday, instead of excoriating Susan for her less than enlightened comments, I'd rather 'ejumacate' Ms. Stanton.
Susan, since you're a newbie to living as a minority, let me hip you to something since you spent the past forty plus years basking in white male privilege.
America is NEVER ready to grant rights to people it despises.
The despised folks have to fight tooth and nail, claw, scratch, cajole, protest, write, march, shame, embarrass, vote, call out and educate until America does the right thing and finally has the moment of clarity that says, 'hey, they're right, it is wrong to discriminate against these people and we need to do the morally right thing and correct it."
Susan, in the United States Constitution it states that as an African-American, I am considered as 3/5 of what you are as a white American. America wasn't ready when women demanded the right to vote. America wasn't ready when African-Americans demanded full citizenship rights and our humanity be respected.
And contrary to the 'incremental rights' fiction about the African-American civil rights journey being bandied about by people with a vested interest in ignoring transgender people and trying to placate those in their own ranks uncomfortable with that stance, let me school you (and others) about the Civil Rights Act of 1875.
Read more:
http://transgriot.blogspot.com/2008/01/americas-never-ready-to-expand-rights.html
Unfortunately, many self-absorbed gay activists have laid claim to the fight for civil rights based on race, and have mischaracterized and abused it's legacy to support their bigotry against the transgendered. The best weapon against these pestilential people is an actual knowledge of the history that is involved. I would guess that 90-95% of Americans don't really know much about their history. They haven't been taught. Our textbooks are a mess. They basically focus on the achievements of the white men, and have downplayed the histories of racial minorities and women.Not surprising, since said white men wrote the history books. As the saying goes, ""Until the lion has his or her own storyteller, the hunter will always have the best part of the story." The lions, however, find themselves left in very nasty position. Since they don't know, then they can be led astray by cynical politicians, activists and other people with agendas that are anti-thetical to their interests. There is a reason why the saying "Those who do not know history are bound to repeat it" became a cliche. It carries a whole lot of truth.
