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Fair360, formerly DiversityInc’s article “Obamas Transgender Appointee” spurred several reader responses. See what they had to say on the subject. Here are some of their edited comments.
Comment: Maybe if we Blacks change our genders than our community’s issues can get some of the attention that others are receiving. I know that, to whites, seeming to do anything substantial for Blacks as a group would be a radioactive move for Obama, and he has to formulate proposals that are at least facially skin color-neutral. However, if Obama forgets that unemployment is twice as great among Blacks than whites, and if he forgets that we need healthcare NOW and not only commencing in 2014, then he may find that Black voters don’t have the money to get to the voting booths in 2012. Meanwhile, I’m glad he’s treating transgendered people equally, and I’m glad he’s put this appointee in a position that has nothing to do with social policy, so that she will not become a lightning rod for right-wing idiocriticism.
