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#+title: Is trans a slur
Trans is merely the accurate descriptor. To my knowledge it's never been
inherently negative, though the tone of a person using it may sometimes be. It
has certainly been perverted into slurs, e.g. "tranny" It does seem some folks
see the idea of transness so repulsive that they interpret it as a slur,
something to fling at someone they see as less than, particularly when they fail
to meet some perceived standard of appearance In that sense, it mirrors common
derogatory use of "gay" Or, the good old misogynistic labeling of perceived
insufficient masculinity as being "girly"
Honestly, all three of those things likely had a significant impact on my own
progress on a sense of self. That sense that being non hetero was a negative,
that physical weakness or not liking trucks and fighting was negatively
feminine, and that [[file:20200719003936-being_transgender.org][transness]] as depicted to me by way of popular media was
either villainous and deceptive, a sexual perversion, or a joke. Those have
always been the problems through. Not the word.

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#+title: Is cis a slur
Cis is literally just the antonym of trans (see [[file:20200809221723-is_trans_a_slur.org][Is trans a slur]]).
Oftentimes I see it used dismissively in the face of cis folks describing how
they think a trans person feels or ought to feel / behave, in which case that
intent is quite warranted. Other times it's a means of expressing exhaustion at
folks who simply don't "get it", and don't particularly need to. That is to say,
cisgenderedness is a form of [[file:20200809222134-privilege.org][Privilege]].

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#+title: Privilege
Privilege is not a negative construct, it is the absence of some struggle.
It's not uncommon to want someone to shut up that fails to grasp a situation
they lack any perspective of. An example would be having a cis person griping
about how noisy trans folks are about wanting special treatment, missing the
point of the trans person just wanting to not be treated as somehow subhuman.
The cis person lacks perspective on what the trans person's experience is, and
has the privilege of not having to.
Alternatively, a white person with generational wealth discussing poor
minorities and their behavior, whilst being blind to the history behind why
they're in those positions. When folks bristle at their disparate experience
being pointed out as though that itself is somehow oppressive, though... I'm
picturing a talking head like Tucker Carlson raving about how "they" claim our
country and it's history are "racist". Like, yes. That's a clear fact.

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#+title: Generational wealth
Generational wealth is a form/symptom of [[file:20200809222134-privilege.org][Privilege]].
Generational wealth doesn't mean you're one in a line of McDucks. It means
you're not one in a line of the impoverished, and that is to a degree by design.
The obvious things to look at there being redlining and loan preference, or the
Tulsa race massacre.
We are not so far from Levittown. Neither physically nor ideologically.