A wigger doesn't typically think they are black, not are they trying to live their life as a black person. In contrast, trans people either think they are the opposite sex or they know they one sex but attempt to live their life as the opposite sex. Wiggers are not like this. They are merely adopting what they think of as (low socio-economic class) black culture.
Thanks for your comment and observation. My thoughts were first impressions. At what point does adopting what they think of as low socio-economic class black culture become so automatic and ingrained that one is of the culture? When did Iggy and Vanilla Ice, for example, pass the Turing test for low socio-economic black culture (however defined)? It is an interesting question if one presumes black identity is porous, an idea open to debate. Can one be black for purposes of low socio-economic culture but not black for purposes of biological assignment of race at birth? For example, Iggy speaks the language of Tupac but not the language of my wife. Iggy is closer in culture to Tupac than my wife is to Tupac. However, Tupac and my wife were both assigned the race of "black" at birth. Iggy was assigned the race of "white" at birth.
Blackness does not equal culture. Culture doesn't equal Blackness. (caps used to draw attention to Blackness as a relevant and material concept) Blackness exists along a spectrum. Blackness is non-binary. If there are over 1 billion black people on the planet, there are over 1 billion ways of being in the world. The emphasis is on the individual.
I certainly agree with respect to transgender folks. My research is preliminary but I don't sense trans people would pass a Turing test for gender. Sex carries forth biological incidentals. One can think whatever one wants to think and live however one wants to live. Doesn't matter to the Turing test for gender in my estimation.
I read an article on The Equiano Project this morning with the same sentiment. Feel free to take a casual vacation from my daily essays. For me, it is the sense of manipulation and robotic arguments that bore me. I like fresh, and authentic, ways of looking at things. The best essays evoke the feel and sound of life. Last night, for example, I attended an intimate dinner in a private room with an influential insider. The war stories were nice but what absorbed me were the interactions between the guest of honor and his 50s daughter, the non-verbal cues of love between the 50s daughter and her 20-year-old daughter home for the summer from college. How do three generations -- 80s grandfather, 50s daughter, 20-year-old grand daughter -- reveal affection and love for one another? Those details grabbed my attention, not so much grandfather's war stories about the White House and nine presidential campaigns.
So, yeah, caring is visceral. We should be mindful of those details of life which are forgettable and those gems of the human condition which are universal.
I didn’t mean that I was tired of you or your writing! I don’t read everything you write, mainly because I read A LOT of newsletters, articles, etc., and sometimes I just can’t keep up.
But I am tired of all the crazy stuff that is popular right now. I know it happens with every generation; they want to be “different,” when they’re really following the group. They want to be noticed, but in the “right” way.
Now, I confess that I didn’t look at the link because when I saw “trans women,” that’s when I thought, “I’m tired of this particular phenomenon.” Since then, I did look, and go figure. I guess they’re having fun trying to be someone else. Is it a kind of “cos play?”
"Cos play" was the subject of our Mother's Day dinner conversation. I had not heard the term until last year. My wife had only heard the term within the last few years. It was my son who educated us all at the table. Cosplay has been around since the 1990s. Who knew? My wife and I didn't know. There are always opportunities to learn.
And no apologies. It is all I can do to keep up on my e-mails these days. As for my list of reading books...I am still reading Life and Fate, an 881 page novel which I started reading back in January. So, I'm in the same boat as far as keeping up. It is dang near impossible sometimes.
A wigger doesn't typically think they are black, not are they trying to live their life as a black person. In contrast, trans people either think they are the opposite sex or they know they one sex but attempt to live their life as the opposite sex. Wiggers are not like this. They are merely adopting what they think of as (low socio-economic class) black culture.
Thanks for your comment and observation. My thoughts were first impressions. At what point does adopting what they think of as low socio-economic class black culture become so automatic and ingrained that one is of the culture? When did Iggy and Vanilla Ice, for example, pass the Turing test for low socio-economic black culture (however defined)? It is an interesting question if one presumes black identity is porous, an idea open to debate. Can one be black for purposes of low socio-economic culture but not black for purposes of biological assignment of race at birth? For example, Iggy speaks the language of Tupac but not the language of my wife. Iggy is closer in culture to Tupac than my wife is to Tupac. However, Tupac and my wife were both assigned the race of "black" at birth. Iggy was assigned the race of "white" at birth.
Blackness does not equal culture. Culture doesn't equal Blackness. (caps used to draw attention to Blackness as a relevant and material concept) Blackness exists along a spectrum. Blackness is non-binary. If there are over 1 billion black people on the planet, there are over 1 billion ways of being in the world. The emphasis is on the individual.
I certainly agree with respect to transgender folks. My research is preliminary but I don't sense trans people would pass a Turing test for gender. Sex carries forth biological incidentals. One can think whatever one wants to think and live however one wants to live. Doesn't matter to the Turing test for gender in my estimation.
A very good comment and thanks.
I had to read the link due to my ignorance of one more THING. How do people have time for this?
(Nodding my head in general agreement)
I don’t know if I care or not. In the grand scheme of things, I’m really tired of all of this.
I read an article on The Equiano Project this morning with the same sentiment. Feel free to take a casual vacation from my daily essays. For me, it is the sense of manipulation and robotic arguments that bore me. I like fresh, and authentic, ways of looking at things. The best essays evoke the feel and sound of life. Last night, for example, I attended an intimate dinner in a private room with an influential insider. The war stories were nice but what absorbed me were the interactions between the guest of honor and his 50s daughter, the non-verbal cues of love between the 50s daughter and her 20-year-old daughter home for the summer from college. How do three generations -- 80s grandfather, 50s daughter, 20-year-old grand daughter -- reveal affection and love for one another? Those details grabbed my attention, not so much grandfather's war stories about the White House and nine presidential campaigns.
So, yeah, caring is visceral. We should be mindful of those details of life which are forgettable and those gems of the human condition which are universal.
I didn’t mean that I was tired of you or your writing! I don’t read everything you write, mainly because I read A LOT of newsletters, articles, etc., and sometimes I just can’t keep up.
But I am tired of all the crazy stuff that is popular right now. I know it happens with every generation; they want to be “different,” when they’re really following the group. They want to be noticed, but in the “right” way.
Now, I confess that I didn’t look at the link because when I saw “trans women,” that’s when I thought, “I’m tired of this particular phenomenon.” Since then, I did look, and go figure. I guess they’re having fun trying to be someone else. Is it a kind of “cos play?”
"Cos play" was the subject of our Mother's Day dinner conversation. I had not heard the term until last year. My wife had only heard the term within the last few years. It was my son who educated us all at the table. Cosplay has been around since the 1990s. Who knew? My wife and I didn't know. There are always opportunities to learn.
And no apologies. It is all I can do to keep up on my e-mails these days. As for my list of reading books...I am still reading Life and Fate, an 881 page novel which I started reading back in January. So, I'm in the same boat as far as keeping up. It is dang near impossible sometimes.
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https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hypatia_transracialism_controversy