Isn't it uncanny how Sen. Ted Cruz demeaning the transgender community:
WATCH: @tedcruz: "If Donald Trump dresses up as Hillary Clinton, he still can't go to the girl's bathroom."https://t.co/RYB8iZlVDN— ABC News Politics (@ABCPolitics) April 24, 2016
Sounds nauseatingly similar to the late Sen. Strom Thurmond attacking African-Americans while defending segregation:
The point here is not to compare the African-American civil rights movement with the lgbt movement for equality.
Rather, the point here is to remind folks how it is so easy to appeal to people's fears, hate, and prejudices. Just find a scapegoat and have it.
The formula never changes because, unfortunately, it is so successful.
Without wanting to make a direct comparison, I can see parallels between the view of trans women as sexual predators and the racist stereotype of African-American men as beasts out to have sex with white women. And, of course, trans women of color are probably the most discriminated against group in the U.S.
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