This thread is so blind its hilarious.
In wider feminist circles, I have observed that minority women (by and large) do not have the same concern for the trans community as white feminists do, and I often question why that is.
As a black woman, I'm still focusing on the power structures that ACTUALLY impact me, not those which may.
This really is the crux of a gap between white feminists and everyone else.
The idea that that white women are actually talking about the privilege they dont have over men of colour (or black men specifically) is so blind it's scary.
Have you looked at the world around you for what it currently is, not what you're fearful of it becoming.
I read a recent thread in which most posters spoke about voting Conservative on this one 'potential' issue, whilst ignoring ALL of the actual issues the Conservatives have caused which are literally ruining the lives of the counties most vulnerable women, right now.
The MN feminist board is such an echo chamber and it's becoming more and more apparent the day.
It has gone from a reasonable feminist board to a largely transphobic one, with posters supporting and stopping each other from looking inwards.
The usual response to anything that asks you to look at other peoples perspectives is 'why are women always blamed for....' or 'it's not the job of women to put anyone before themselves..."
But, it is the job of the privileged to consider others, always.
Especially if you are pertaining to belong to a wider group, as you are under feminism.
The reason Munroe made that very obvious comment was because under the gaze of BLM, JK Rowling should use her position of power to decide whether her words, at this moment, are creating more space for an already marginalised group to come under more attack.
BLACK trans women are being murdered at alarming rates. This is fact. Trans women ARE NOT killing cis gender women as trend.
Yes, spend all this time and energy on pedantics if you want, but, as a human being, what are you doing to speak on current injustices and communities under attack?
There are activists that advocate on the behalf of the oppressed and there are activists that speak to maintain thier position of privilege.
How are trans women oppressing cis gender women? Search this board and there is very little focus on transwomen vs cis gendered men, the actual group oppressing you.
From the outside, it's clear that this 'feminist' space is here to protect your privilege, not to advocate for any other oppressed group. Including women of colour, or, at this very moment black women specifically.
I always read this crap about BLM (even though it's not a centralised organisation) being harmful to black women, as though we cant make up our own minds. The only people that speak on this are white, and it's such an obvious cop out, used as an excuse to stop them having to take part in the current conversation and look at the ways in which they play into structural racism.
Just because you are a 'woke' feminist, it doesn't mean you aren't racist or that you dont use your privilege to uphold racist systems. The conversation is moving from being non racist to being actively anti racist, and at this moment, her words spoke to her privilege, whilst doing nothing to focus on black lives (male or female).
Munroe, as a black person, is correct to use her position to point that out.
Munroe, at points in her life, has had privilege over cis women. At this point, Munroe does not have that privilege. Come out of your hateful bubble. Can you really imagine what it would feel like to exist in world where the vast majority of people still laugh and question your very existence. I do not think there is a person that suffers more on this earth than a black cis woman, yet, I would still rather this space vs becoming a transwoman.
What you're so scared of I do not know. But what I do know is those that have presided over the most hateful acts in history have almost always done so because of fear.
If nothing else, question whether you're acting because of something that exists, or that you fear will come to fruition.
And OP, you've run to the wrong place. Tomorrow, the hate will turn towards you. You're clearly uncomfortable with the race conversations that are happening at the moment. Do some reading on race and try and understand why Munro might have said what she did if understanding is your intention. Ask people in your community. You wont get a reasonable or educated answer here, although, if you want it reaffirmed that white women/people have no privilege then you're in the right place.