This Is She #2 - Transracial

Matt delves into the life of transgender, transracial activist: Ashaka Cohen. http://sharetheblame.tumblr.com Twitter: UnabashedQueer

Category:

Comedy

Tags:

• Ashaka Cohen
• transracial
• the unabashed queer
• gay
• queer
• trans
• spelman college
• transsexual
• transgender
• matt siegel

[TheUnabashedQueer]

This is about a character searching for identity, and subsequently performing her idea of what black is based on television and media portrayals of black women.

Is Ashaka ignorant? Yes. Ashaka has a lot of learning to do. But bear in mind that she believes her transracial identity is every bit as real as her transgender identity.

My goal was to depict a person who is haphazardly appropriating identities in an attempt to find herself.

[08DeeLovely]

I'm sorry. I'm a Spelman alumna and I found this to be incredibly funny. Maybe if I was transgendered I might be offended, but I don't see how it disrespects my alma mater. Ashaka is so clearly the butt of the joke.

[ZaneBrule]

transracial  IS a real thing.

nobody needs to be getting offended by it

and this video is just a comedy anyways.

[poopshipdelight]

@DukeT1000 yeah I totally agree. Being born the wrong sex totally makes sense, but being born the wrong race is just silly. I myself am a transspecies. I truly believe that I should have been born a manatee and if you think I am delusional its because you are a bigot.

[THE0PTIM1ST]

At any rate I find this video to be horribly offensive to transpeople...mainly because it inspires questions like gregoriodavila's without giving people the resources to answer them truthfully. It's irresponsible and (if unintentional, which it probably was) incredibly ignorant.

[THE0PTIM1ST]

@gregoriodavila You may be confusing race with culture. The color of your skin does not have any direct correlation to your way of speaking, thinking or behaving. Cultural divides are responsible for that, and if one feels that as a white person they identify more with the black cummunity, they will find one way or another to join it (ie Marshall Mathers, lol.)

[msjess2000]

This is pure genius!

[DukeT1000]

Honestly, as a transgender individual, I don't know how I feel about this video. The "transracial" part is really funny, but I think that by including the transgender aspect, it gives people the impession that being trans is just some sort of delusion. (I mean, comparing it to a white woman who thinks she's black? VERY offensive.)

[augusts1]

Love the list of celebrity 'transgender' people- Queen Latifah, ahahahahha!

[gregoriodavila]

This got me thinking though.. if someone can feel they were born the wrong gender and desire a sex change... is it really so far out for someone to believe they were born the wrong race?

[Gnickk]

Oh yeah, because being from Latin America automatically makes you not white. Even if all your grandparents immigrated from Germany. You a Latina, not white.

[TishTinyTroll]

loool persona non gratis instead of persona non grata...LMAO