“nazi phase” and white-centrism
white trans people really love to act like having a “nazi phase” and having been in nazi spaces is normal and a quirky mishap they can be ‘remorseful’ for while not actually taking the time to address and deconstruct their racism, anti-blackness, asian fetishization, etc.
white people will realize their minority status then somehow think that their marginalized or oppressed identity makes them exempt from being bigoted and from being privileged. people don’t tend to think of themselves as racist or bigoted, but living in societies where racism is extremely prevalent, whether it be systemic, social, or societal, etc, that they will still hold racist ideals or biases that they have to choose to dismantle and change.
discussions about transness always centre whiteness and the white cultural experience because white people have the position to see themselves as the default which pushes out bipoc voices and experiences whether they mean to or not. this is part of how white peoples still uphold racism without ‘being racist’, or thinking that they are.
it makes me think of how white trans people and white trans men will concretely assert how trans men have it easier… when that generalization is so incredibly white-centric and racist, not to mention being gender essentialist and radfem rhetoric etccc. like who are you to speak for all trans men and do oppression olympics… idek like
we can’t even be supported, included, and respected in what should be our own spaces that we share man. like why is it normal for them to have been in nazi spaces, ‘were’ racist, having edgy slur humour, etc. then relate and connect with each other about it like. and then think that poc will feel safe in this space at all???
all of this is so frustrating, sorry if this isn’t completely coherent or something, i’m just ranting i guess 😭