Comment on What's the best way to respond to someone who says "transracial is just as valid as transgender"?
devolution@lemmy.world 22 hours 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 22 hours 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 21 hours ago
And the wigs? Vitiligo means uneven splotches. He was fully white from head to toe from bleaching.
amino@lemmy.blahaj.zone 21 hours 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?