>>> LATE YESTERDAY THE TRUMP
>>> LATE YESTERDAY THE TRUMP
ADMINISTRATION COMPLETED A
CHANGE TO THE AFFORDABLE CARE
ACT ROLLING BACK A POLICY THAT
PROTECTED TRANSGENDER PATIENTS.
THIS NEW POLICY ENACTED DURING
PRIDE MONTH WAS ANNOUNCED DURING
ONE OF THE BLOODIEST DAYS IN THE
LGBTQ, THE PULSE NIGHTCLUB
SHOOTING.
IT WAS THE DEADLIEST THE COUNTRY
EVER SAW.
49 INNOCENT LIVES LOST.
WE’RE LEARNING ABOUT TWO
TRANSWOMEN KILLED THIS WEEK.
EACH HOMICIDES ARE OPEN CASES.
THE HUMAN RIGHTS CAMPAIGN SAID
AT LEAST 14 TRANSGENDER PEOPLE
HAVE BEEN KILLED SO FAR THIS
YEAR.
THE MAJORITY ARE TRANSWOMEN OF
COLOR. GLAAD SAYS THE TRANSWOMEN OF
GLAAD SAYS THE TRANSWOMEN OF
COLOR HAVE A LIFE EXPECTANCY OF
35 YEARS.
THANK YOU FOR BEING WITH US,
BOTH OF YOU.
AMARA, IT’S UNBELIEVABLE.
I READ THAT STATISTIC.
I’VE SEEN IT.
35 YEARS, I THINK THERE’S
NOTHING MORE DANGEROUS IN
AMERICA THAN BEING A TRANSWOMAN
OF COLOR.
>> WELL, IT’S CERTAINLY ONE OF
THE MOST DANGEROUS THINGS.
I THINK THAT THERE’S SO MANY
FACTORS THAT CONTRIBUTE TO THIS
STATISTIC THAT YOU GAVE.
ONE OF THEM BEING LACK OF ACCESS
TO HEALTH CARE, OF COURSE LACK
OF ACCESS TO JOBS.
WHEN YOU HAVE A LIFE EXPECTANCY
OF 35 OR THE FACT THAT MOST
TRANSWOMEN WHO DIE BEFORE 35 ARE
DUE TO HOMICIDE OR SOME OTHER
FACTOR, IT’S BECAUSE EVERYTHING
IS FAILING.
WE NEED TO LOOK AT THE ENTIRE
SYSTEM OF SUPPORT AND RIGHTS AND
EQUAL ACCESS WE HAVE FOR
TRANSPEOPLE AND OF COURSE THE
NEW RULE FROM THE TRUMP
ADMINISTRATION SETS US BACK IN
THAT.
>> THIS IS INTERESTING,
KIMBERLY, WHEN AMARA SAYS
EVERYTHING IS FAILING THEM, THAT FITS IN WITH A PHILOSOPHY THAT
FITS IN WITH A PHILOSOPHY THAT
YOU HAVE ARTICULATED, ENTER
SECTIONALTY.
IT’S THE COMPLEX CUMULATIVE WAY
IN THE EFFECT OF MULTIPLE FORMS
OF DISCRIMINATION COMBINE,
ESPECIALLY WITH MARGINALIZED INDIVIDUALS OR GROUP.
INDIVIDUALS OR GROUP.
I GOT THAT FROM THIS MER YAM
WEBSTER DICTIONARY.
A TRANSWOMAN OF COLOR FACES
MULTIPLE FORMS OF DISCRIMINATION
AND ALL SORTS OF SYSTEMS FAIL
THEM.
>> YES, ON THE SYSTEMIC
DIRECTION OF IT, SOMETIMES
PEOPLE MISUNDERSTAND, THEY THINK
IT’S JUST A DEMAND FOR
RECOGNITION, RATHER THAN IT
CALLS FOR A WAY THAT TRANSPHOBIA
AND RACISM ALL COME TOGETHER.
IT’S THE CONFLUENT OF THESE
DYNAMICS THAT SHOW THE -- IT’S
NOT JUST ONE THING.
I THINK AS AMARA SAID, IT’S THE FAILURE OF ALL THESE THINGS THAT
FAILURE OF ALL THESE THINGS THAT
CONTRIBUTE TO THE VULNERABILITY.
>> TO MANY PEOPLE, AMARA, WE’VE
NORMALIZED THAT WE LIVE IN A
FREE OPEN SOCIETY AND EVERYBODY
FACES THE SAME EXPERIENCES IN
LIFE.
IN THIS MOMENT WE’RE JUST
REALIZING THAT’S NOT TRUE.
WHAT IS THE THING ABOUT THE
EXPERIENCE OF BEING A TRANSWOMAN
THAT YOU CAN TELL OUR AUDIENCE,
THE THINGS THAT THEY MAY NOT
THINK ABOUT ON THE DAILY BASIS,
THE FEARS THAT TRANSWOMEN HAVE?
>> I WANT TO BE CLEAR TO SPEAK
TO MY EXPERIENCE.
I CAN’T SPEAK FOR ALL
TRANSWOMEN.
ONE OF THE THINGS IMPORTANT TO
UNDERSTAND IS THAT WE FACE THE
BACKLASH AND THE FRONTLASH
CAUSED BY LIVING NAPA TREE ARC
AL SOCIETY.
SOME TRANSWOMEN ARE TARGETED
BECAUSE WE’RE TOO MUCH WOMAN
WITH RESPECT TO TRANSWOMEN.
ON THE OTHER HAND THEY’RE
RIDICULED AND DEHUMANIZED FOR
NOT BEING WOMAN ENOUGH.
THAT IS UNIQUE.
I THINK WE HAVE TO NOT IN OUR
CONVERSATION ABOUT RACE
UNDERSTAND THE WAY IN WHICH RACE
WORKS TOGETHER AS DR. CRENSHAW
HAS SHOW INCREDIBLY SHOWN US
OFF.
THIS WORKS WITH RACE AND OUR
ECONOMIC STRUCTURES AND OUR
LEGAL STRUCTURES AND RIGHTS.
ONE OF THE MOST IMPORTANT THINGS
TO UNDERSTAND, WHETHER OR NOT WE
HAVE BASIC RIGHTS IN THIS
COUNTRY IS A QUESTION.
IT’S A QUESTION NOW BEFORE THE
SUPREME COURT.
THE TRUMP ADMINISTRATION THROUGH
THIS RULE HAS DEEMED OUR
HUMANITY IS NOT EQUAL SO WE
DON’T DESERVE EQUAL ACCESS TO
HEALTH CARE.
THAT’S A BASIC TENANT OF
AMERICAN LIFE THAT IS NOT FACED
BY THE OVERWHELMING MAJORITY OF
AMERICANS.
>> KIMBERLY, THREE MONTHS AGO
TODAY SOMETHING HAPPENED THAT I
THINK, IF YOU ASKED TEN
AMERICANS ABOUT, NOT MOST OF
THEM WOULD KNOW THE SIGNIFICANCE
OF TODAY.
>> YES.
IT WAS THE MOMENT WHEN BREONNA
TAYLOR, WHO SHOULD HAVE BEEN A
HERO -- I MEAN, SHE RISKED HER
LIFE TRYING TO GIVE SERVICE TO
HER FELLOW AMERICANS, TO FIGHT
THE CORONAVIRUS.
SHE WAS AN EMT.
SHE LOST HER LIFE WHEN A RAID OF
HER APARTMENT BASED ON A
MISTAKEN WARRANT, A NO-KNOCK
WARRANT ALLOWED POLICE OFFICERS
TO COME IN AND BASICALLY SHOOT
HER EIGHT TIMES AND TOOK HER
LIFE.
VERY FEW PEOPLE KNEW ABOUT THAT
AT THE TIME.
BASICALLY THREE MONTHS PASSED
BEFORE THERE WAS ANY ATTENTION
TO IT.
SO BREONNA TAYLOR IS THE LATEST
BLACK WOMAN TO LOSE HER LIFE TO
POLICE, THE LATEST ONE WHOSE
MOTHER HAD TO FIND OUT THAT THE
PERSONS WHO WERE RESPONSIBLE FOR
KILLING HER WERE THE POLICE.
THERE ARE MANY OTHERS.
THERE’S THE FAMILY OF KAYLA
MOORE, A TRANSGENDER WOMAN
KILLED IN BERKLEY.
THERE WAS A WOMAN WHO WAS HAVING
MENTAL HEALTH CRISIS AT THE TIME
AND THE POLICE KILLED HER.
WE DON’T KNOW THEIR STORIES AND
WE DON’T HAVE A FULL AGENDA OF
WHAT ANTI-BLACK POLICE VIOLENCE
LOOKS LIKE.
UNTIL WE INCLUDE THEIR FRAMES WE
WON’T HAVE A FULL TEMPLATE FROM
WHICH TO BUILD REFORMS OFF OF.
THAT’S WHY SAY HER NAME IS SO
IMPORTANT.
SAY THEIR NAMES TO TELL THEIR
STORIES.
>> WE’RE JUST GETTING TO THE
POINT THAT MOST AMERICANS
UNDERSTAND THAT BLACK LIVES
MATTER IS A THING AND A THING
THEY CAN SAY PROUDLY AND CAN PUT
IN THEIR TWEETS AND WEAR ON
THEIR SHIRTS.
WHILE WE’RE AT IT LET’S REMEMBER
SAY HER NAME AND TRANS LIVES
MATTER.
WE CAN OPEN YOU ARE MIND.
KIMBERLY CRENSHAW, THANK YOU FOR
THAT.
>> THANKS, ALI.
>> AMARA, THANK YOU FOR SHARING
