isuggestforcefem and the white trans problem, or: bringing up black people to look less like a rape culture advocate
note: before you say anything know that this post was written by a black woman who is not going to take your hit dog hollering seriously
one thing myself and others have noticed from isupportforcefem is a bizarre inclination to shoving "and black people" where it isn't at all required. issues that directly affect transfems have an "and black people" tacked on to make the reader consider that not only is what being discussed transmisogynistic, but potentially racist, and wouldn't that just be terrible? The constant juxtaposition comes across as though isff believes accusations of transmisogyny to not be serious enough, whereas beefing such discrimination up with potential racism makes others more liable to consider it "real".
these posts are based on a false premise: the idea that, in tandem with trans people being constantly falsely accused of rape, black people are also constantly falsely accused of rape.
I do not know any people, black or nonblack, cis or trans, who have been falsely accused of rape. the idea that false rape accusations are 1. a source of discrimination that these specific groups face and 2. a commonality between them requires you to believe that
false rape accusations are commonly made, and
for some reason trans people and black people are constantly accused of this
this requires you to align yourself with the misogynistic belief that false accusations of rape are constantly weaponised against the accused. the premise requires you to believe that there are squawking harpies constantly accusing innocents of rape, and that they must not be believed. pokeballvictimized's entire blog for the last few days has been trying to get you to believe that "actually who gets to determine what rape is?" is a line of logic a true transfeminist would follow and not logic imported straight from seething incels on 4chan.
the related "and black people" thing here is white transfems knowing a basic concept - that, in countries where we are minorities, black people are incarcerated at disproportionate rates; that we are more likely to be falsely accused of crimes; and that racially-based accusations of sexual assault and rape have, in cases, been weaponised against black men - and mixing these into a finely blended soup to run away with it. black people as a whole are similar to transfems because we are constantly accused of rape. black transfems are constantly accused of rape. where did they get that? don't worry about it, just know it's happening. the woman who confessed to choking a woman unconscious in a parking lot and complained about how mean people are being for bringing up that she choked a woman unconscious in a parking lot (highly recommend searching "anonsee" on bluesky to see what people have said about storyweavingspider, serial boundary violator during sex who tries to frame these assaults as just being part of kink!) is in support of it, and she's our token black woman, so it's all good. 👍
if you see yourself as someone who cares about women, who cares about victims of sexual violence, and who does not ally themselves with those who perpetrate sexual violence, you must see these posts for what they are: people who assume that everyone else is constantly being "falsely" accused of sexual harassment dragging black people into it because they need to look better. the idea of ubiquitous false allegations of rape and sexual assault is something coined by misogynistic men. no useful transfeminist analysis can operate under the assumption that waves of innocents are being falsely accused of rape while not addressing what this says: that malintentioned vile creatures are doing the accusing, that they are lying, that whatever assault or rape they report is an attempt to have someone unpersoned and socially murdered. you must also see it as an inherently racist act to bring up black people solely to go "a-and it's not just me, black transfems i mean uh people get this too!"
if you are surrounded by people constantly accused of rape it would do you good to assess exactly what sort of company you are keeping. "My friends are constantly accused of rape" is a line only people like Bret from the frat house, iignoremissingstairs86 from IRC and John Politics the senator should be capable of saying, because these are the types of people who would keep accused rapists in their company. false accusations of sexual violence form a very small fraction of total accusations, and these false accusations are usually vague accusations with no named perpetrator. the idea that a specific group of people are constantly targeted by false accusations of sexual violence flies in the face of what we know to be fact about sexual violence reporting and statistics.
again, consider: what benefit do these people derive from going "and black people" when talking about issues very specific to them and their online circles of people who seemingly constantly engage in behaviour worthy of being accused of sexual violence? they want you to connect the struggle that black people have in proving our innocence when accused of crimes with their struggle: being ostracised from communities for behaviour ranging from sexual harassment to outright sexual assault. they want you to equivocate these struggles because they earnestly believe that systemic discrimination against black people is equivalent to their former friendcord's self-policing.
this is something that only someone racist is capable of. make no mistake about it. there is nothing innocent about bringing up black people in an exaggerated defense against "false" accusations of sexual violence. they want you to feel guilty because you, the reader, know that systems are stacked against black people, and they want you to feel that their "struggle" - being constantly accused of sexual assault, something they attempt to paint as normal for trans people - is equivalent. do not believe them. it is transphobic and racist rhetoric and these people should be shamed.
I will conclude this with another post from isupportforcefem shoving black people into unnecessary hyperonline transfem discourse:
note that again black people are brought up where we are irrelevant. the gun that kills transfems And Black People. because us black people are constantly hurting others, you see, just as transfems are constantly hurting others - but don't worry, we aren't worth ostracising, even if we do constantly hurt people. you have to include us for our mistakes. said mistakes may range from being racist to being a rapist. but please forgive us. social ostracisation is on par with murder after all.
note the final post that would make Brock Turner proud: "accountability is a lie made to hurt underprivileged members." the concept of recognising the missing stair is, to people like isff, a form of oppression in itself: to warn people about someone's past behaviour is as good as pulling the trigger on them yourself. accountability of any form, including accountability as minor as no longer being allowed to participate in a community with someone you have harmed, is a falsehood - because by doing this to protect others you are hurting the feelings of someone who has done wrong, and transfems And Black People Btw who are more likely to do wrong somehow will be really hurt :(
