Steve Martin was ahead of his time.
“I was born a poor black boy.”
Except now he could be a poor black girl, born in Uganda.
This time, thanks to modern medicine, the Steve Martin character in the Jerk could ask “You mean I’ll stay this way all my life?” and his mama will say, if your self-identification contours interface poorly with that ,they have gender reassingnment procedures.
Joke doesn’t sound as funny that way.
Steve Martin was ahead of his time.
“I was born a poor black boy.”
Except now he could be a poor black girl, born in Uganda.
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I plan on using this to my advantage. I do subcontracting on government construction projects. Many of them require a certain percentage of minority contractors. I currently identify as a black woman, possibly a lesbian.
If I get refused because I am not a DNA and biologically proven black woman I believe I have a strong case.
I can see this “ be whatever you want to be” thing destroying the minority contractor scam which I have always thought was unconstitutional.
If he pretended to be a poor black anti-American moslem from Kenya ( which is near Uganda, after all ) he could become president