Darianne > Recent Status Updates

“One vagrancy act specifically provided that “all free negroes and mulattoes” over the age of eighteen” must have written proof of a job at the beginning of every year. Those found with no lawful employment were deemed vagrants and convicted. Clearly, the purpose of the black codes in general and the vagrancy laws in particular was to establish another system of forced labor.”

“…yet unchecked racism often renders women who should be allies as complicit in the abuse until they are targets too.”

“Trans women of color, who are among the most likely targets of violence, see statistics that reflect their reality co-opted to bolster the idea that all women are facing the same level of danger. Yet support from mainstream white feminists for the issues that directly impact trans women has been at best minimal, and often nonexistent.”