When a person of color, especially if they’re black like me, affirms their support for causes such as queer liberation, feminism, animal rights, or socialism, I immediately feel that I can believe, with minimal doubt, that they’re truly convicted and principled in what they’re advocating for.
However, when a white person claims to support leftism, until my skepticism is proven wrong, I immediately assume they’re a dishonest and performative libshit. I then proceed to interact with them with hefty amounts of caution. If my assumptions are proven true, I’m never shocked.
Honestly this but cis people. Honestly this but trans/nb people that can’t easily hide it. I don’t trust anyone fully unless they have no choice in the matter but to fight back or die. I bet most of the people here would sit back as Trans people got exterminated if it came to it. Would I fight and die for a minority I’m not a part of? I would like to think so, but when the time to die actually comes that’s gonna be fuckin’ scary and I bet a lot of us won’t pass that test, so POC not fully trusting white people like me makes a lot of sense even if it feels bad.