Dolezal, on the other hand, no matter how bad she might feel that oppression, can escape it any time she wants.

“If she was seen by the public at large as a black woman, light skinned or not, was she not subjected to the same biases or inclusions based on that?”

I think, first of all, the very ability to step out of the shoes she was walking in 100% changes her experience. People who pretend to be homeless to make themselves feel better aren’t actually homeless, people who put on fat suits to live as an overweight person aren’t actually overweight. People who wear blackface…

I disagree, for a simple reason: You are not disadvantaged due to racial identification if that identification is something you can walk away from at any time.

Yes, because the black community never talks about it. Ever. It has nothing to do with white people only paying attention to the back community when they’re involved in the discussion.

Exactly. No white woman goes to work and has to hear her boss say “Can you just start getting perms? We need to do this damaging thing to your hair on a regular basis so we’re not embarrassed of your different features.”

lol at “strawmanning” - the oblivious go-to for any such arguments. Maybe you’ve just seen this post now, but there were at least 4 more incredibly stupid/racist comments that I personally flagged.

In the least snarky way, you should brushen up on history because this isn’t true. The world wasnt some depraved factory of misery before europe came and destroyed lands, culture and people in favour of its western ideals. It was the same western ideals that decided slavery was cool and oppressing anyone who wasnt a…

I was talking about the state of post colonial societies in general. Industrialization is not technically a direct product of colonialism. The British, especially, followed a one-way free trade that ruined the local artisans and economies, and resulted in share cropping and largely agricultural societies - partly due…

Your “western ideals” are the reason why my country is in such dire straits in the first place. I'd pick my country and my culture any day over the disgusting legacy of the west any day. People like you honestly make me sick.

Turning this into a colonialism nostalgia clusterfuck instead of sympathizing genuinely with these women is not the answer. And it can still be racist. The patriachal society continues to exist because the highly unstable society which enables dogmatism to take an upper hand. Women will always be the victims of this.…

Seriously. This is not the moment to share that gif of a cute puppy to show everyone just how bad you’re feeling. What the hell. And also LOL at these people thinking colonialism is not at all factor in the crippling deindustrialized state/ crazy unstable state of most of these nations - and believe it or not - both…

Couldn’t agree more. Never thought I’d find cute animals gifs so inappropriate, out of place, and disrespectful to the interviewed victims. And advocating for colonialism (my personal favourite: “It was the West that decided that slavery was immoral”) makes me feel even more depressed after reading this story.

Only on this white feminist website would you get people advocating for colonialism instead of actually showing sympathy with the victims.

Okay, but which part of the western culture ideals can account for the 1 in five women who are raped and the 6% of rapist to ever actually serve time? Is rape culture part of the western cultural ideals you’re talking about too? Or are you talking about the actions of the aggressive soldiers because I have some…

Wow, so how did you do at the analogies section of the SATs then?

And here’s an op-ed where Chance identifies as “queer-gender” :

Kara, I saw someone on Facebook commenting that Chance does not identify as a man. Not sure how they got that info but it seems worth looking into. The language of Chance’s original post is notably sensitive to gender (“people who menstruate,” etc.)

Can I bring special attention to the fact that he never once says that only women menstruate? He repeatedly uses gender-neutral terms and I really want to fist bump him over that.

Did anyone notice also how trans-inclusive his post was? *swoon*