In the “Law Enforcement Violence & Disaster” article from Incite-National, there was extensive description of the grievances committed against mainly black women, especially LGBT women of color. At the time of the floods, I was too young to fully understand the impact of racial politics in the handling of natural disasters, but I am very glad that we are learning about this in our curriculum now. This is the first time I have encountered the struggle of colored trans women in academic media in my educational experience. Up until now, I had only ever been informed of this group’s struggles in my personal time on alternative media sources.

Although I realize that a website like Incite National may write in a certain tone to gain the sympathy of its readers, I realize that this empathetic writing style may be necessary in elucidating a problem that may be invisible to much of mainstream America.

Question: How can we shape future policy to better amend issues that our readings bring up? How can we better educate our youth to bring to light the issues that marginalized groups like black trans women face?