Posted on 06/14/2015 10:55:47 AM PDT by markomalley
If you’ve been following the Rachel Dolezal story online, you may have seen the word “transracial” being thrown around and people saying choosing to be black is like Caitlyn Jenner choosing to be female. It’s unclear how much of it’s sincere and how much is just straight-up trolling, but MSNBC’s Melissa Harris-Perry entertained the notion on her show today with kind of a huge question.
“Is it possible that she might actually be black?”
While not wanting to make the transgender comparison, Harris-Perry questioned whether one can be “cisblack and transblack,” and whether there’s a way to describe “the achievement of blackness despite one’s parentage.”
Alyson Hobbs, who literally wrote the book on “racial passing,” said there’s “certainly a chance that she identifies as a black woman and there could be authenticity to that.”
Watch the video below, via MSNBC:
(video at link)
ping
From wikipedia:
Origins[edit]
Cisgender has its origin in the Latin-derived prefix cis-, meaning “on this side of”, which is an antonym for the Latin-derived prefix trans-, meaning “across from” or “on the other side of”. This usage can be seen in the cis–trans distinction in chemistry, the cis–trans or complementation test in genetics, in Ciscaucasia (from the Russian perspective) and in the ancient Roman term Cisalpine Gaul (i.e., “Gaul on this side of the Alps”). In the case of gender, cis- is used to refer to the alignment of gender identity with assigned sex.
well, she sometimes wears condoms for earrings, so...
that’s a pretty strange fashion statement,isn’t it, self...?
MSNBC (pronounced: eh'mess'en-be-cee) 1. The state of mind of total psychosis, esp. as regards news reporting and political commentary. 2. To be clinically insane, yet to be entrusted with the delivery of news copy. 3. The act of seeing racism in all matters, regardless of actual presence. 4. To be a spokesperson for any Democrat politician. (ex. "Did you see that reporter? He went all MSNBC on that witness!") (syn: insanity, madness, moonbattery, bias, unhinged) (ant: sane, unbiased, sober)
It’s not so much a fashion statement as it is a good hygenic precaution designed to catch her brain drippings. I mean, for goodness sakes, we don’t want those drippings landing all over the place. Who knows where they’ve been.
Yes, he didn’t score that night. It was similar to the years when I pitched four shutouts to win the World Series. Quite an accomplishment. I feel a little like Harry Flashman, now, actually.
Why is that black girl leaning on that car?
White is the new black.
Stop eating herder's goats and burning 5 year old girls and we'll send your application to the Department of Parole.
transmogrified... 
Liz, Melissa Perry-Harris is literally insane. When you are absolutely crazy, you can say anything -- and believe it.
cis–trans distinction...
this being the situation, we should rename the Golden Gate city San Frantransco...it would fit better...
That was not me. That was Drogon who Mommie flew last week. The other two of us are still in the dungeon.
Whenever I fill out a job application I feel like I’d rather be black, so I should be allowed to check the box for “African American.”
Like I said, the Department of Dragon Parole will consider your case. Just keep your nose clean, no fighting in the Yard, no contraband in your cell, and you might have a shot.
It's racism if anyone questions you.
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