Vance suggests upper- and middle-class kids 'become trans' for college admissions
CNN Republican vice presidential candidate JD Vance suggested in an interview that aired Thursday that White upper- and middle-class children are incentivized to identify as transgender to gain admission to elite colleges.
Think about the incentives, Vance told prominent podcast host Joe Rogan. If you are a, you know, middle-class or upper middle-class White parent and the only thing that you care about is whether your child goes into Harvard or Yale, like obviously, that pathway has become a lot harder for a lot of upper middle-class kids, but the one way that those people can participate in the DEI bureaucracy in this country is to be trans, and is there a dynamic thats going on where, if you become trans, that is the way to reject your White privilege.
Thats the social signifier. The only one thats available in the hyper-woke mindset is if you become gender nonbinary, the Ohio senator added.
https://www.cnn.com/2024/10/31/politics/vance-transgender-college-admissions/index.html
Walleye
(35,656 posts)This shows how far out of touch from reality these people are. And this man, as I heard somebody put it, would be one cheeseburger away from the presidency.
3catwoman3
(25,430 posts)...like this, it is even more infuriating and terrifying that they do so because of all the moronic lamebrains who will believe such absurdities.
kimbutgar
(23,254 posts)How many people encounter trans people in their lifetime? Maybe 5-10%? It is not something that affect a persons everyday life. Why JD and the right wing are talking it about it is for the stupid magas. Fake outrage over an insignificant issue.
tanyev
(44,501 posts)endangering not only trans, but anyone whose physical appearance doesnt conform to stereotypical male or female appearance.