I can't do anything but agree with you, and commiserate to the extent I can, being trans (but white).

Especially in America, race is so institutionalized, and so connected to class. As a Canadian, I had no idea how bad it was until I came here to study. I'd never, in the flesh, heard someone described as a "nr" by someone with a mouthful of vitriol. A gay, asian man, no less. I was so gobsmacked i couldn't even respond.

My friend Esther, a clarinet major, was pulled over for driving while black a while ago. She's from a relatively well off family, who bought her a Lexus. The cops had her out of the car, had her parents and the insurance company on the phone just to confirm that she really was who she said she was, the name on the registration. What the fuck, man?

Trans people are 400 times more likely to be murdered than average in the US, and 12 of the 16 murders of trans people in america this year were trans women of colour, the most vulnerable and at risk group of trans people. Laverne Cox and Janet Mock might make it look good, but they are at risk every time they walk down the street, not just because of their gender identity, but because of their colour.

I don't know what to do.