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Transgender orthodoxy is stifling free speech.
On a Zoom call in November 2020, Cathy Boardman showed her cultural studies class two pictures: one of a white performer appearing in “blackface”; the other of a drag queen, with a caption asking, “What about ‘womanface’?”
There was no flaw in her logic. If it’s racist for a white actor to impersonate a black character for laughs, isn’t it sexist for men to dress as women for entertainment?
Aren’t women demeaned when men gaudily caricature them, in the same way that African Americans were unfairly stereotyped by golliwogs and minstrel shows?
The answer, of course, is yes.
Unless you’re a transgender activist in Cathy Boardman’s class — in which case, the only appropriate response is to report your hurt feelings to the college.
Continued below.
Drag queens wear ‘womanface’ like minstrels wore ‘blackface’ — but you’ll be sacked if you say so | MercatorNet
On a Zoom call in November 2020, Cathy Boardman showed her cultural studies class two pictures: one of a white performer appearing in “blackface”; the other of a drag queen, with a caption asking, “What about ‘womanface’?”
There was no flaw in her logic. If it’s racist for a white actor to impersonate a black character for laughs, isn’t it sexist for men to dress as women for entertainment?
Aren’t women demeaned when men gaudily caricature them, in the same way that African Americans were unfairly stereotyped by golliwogs and minstrel shows?
The answer, of course, is yes.
Unless you’re a transgender activist in Cathy Boardman’s class — in which case, the only appropriate response is to report your hurt feelings to the college.
Continued below.
Drag queens wear ‘womanface’ like minstrels wore ‘blackface’ — but you’ll be sacked if you say so | MercatorNet
