The big thing today is that Bruce Jenner put on a lot of makeup and posed as a chick on the cover of Vanity Faire, and everybody rushed to show how tolerant they are by saying how pretty he/she was.

Here’s the cover:

But in case you were one of those people, don’t be so smug about your progressive tolerance, because professional idiot Marc Lamont Hill just CAUGHT YOU BEING RACIST. Again.

Congrats to Caitlyn Jenner https://t.co/Ukb73JeCbz — Marc Lamont Hill (@marclamonthill) June 1, 2015

This Caitlyn Jenner conversation today is wearing me VERY thin… — Marc Lamont Hill (@marclamonthill) June 1, 2015

Let me be VERY clear: I have no problem with Caitlyn Jenner's decision to identify as a trans woman. I also don't mind her public outing. — Marc Lamont Hill (@marclamonthill) June 1, 2015

In the abstract, I see how Caitlyn Jenner's public process can help to normalize and humanize trans identities. But that's not happening… — Marc Lamont Hill (@marclamonthill) June 1, 2015







He’s right dammit! Stop acting as if transgenders are normal, they’re a bunch of freaks! Oh wait, that sounds transexist too. Or cissexist. Either, both.

I do, however, find the particular narratives about Caitlyn Jenner and her process to be problematic and dangerous. — Marc Lamont Hill (@marclamonthill) June 1, 2015

Between the Vanity Fair spread and "she's so pretty" convos, we've smuggled in the same old cis/Eurocentric narratives about womanhood. — Marc Lamont Hill (@marclamonthill) June 1, 2015

Only Europeans think pretty women are pretty. Or something. Not sure about this one.

If we only celebrate and welcome Caitlyn Jenner bc she conforms to tradition cis/and European standards of beauty, we are making a mistake. — Marc Lamont Hill (@marclamonthill) June 1, 2015

That’s right, we should feel guilty dammit, guilty! Go praise some ugly-ass transgenders too, you bigots! Also racists.

My critique isn't of Caitlyn Jenner. It's of US. Before we get injured patting ourselves on the back for being so progressive…. — Marc Lamont Hill (@marclamonthill) June 1, 2015

I'm excited for and proud of Caitlyn Jenner for her courageous move. My critique is not of her. It's of how we are responding to the story. — Marc Lamont Hill (@marclamonthill) June 1, 2015

You should all be ashamed of yourselves! You should say, “if I were into eurocentric beauty I would find Caitlyn Jenner beautiful, but I’m not, so she ugly, dayaaaaam ugly!!!” This is the only responsible reaction a society can have to Bruce/Caitlyn Jenner according to TV genius Marc Lamont Hill.

Trans bodies come in many shapes, sizes, & forms. We must learn to accept, love, & normalize all of them. Not just the "cover-worthy" ones. — Marc Lamont Hill (@marclamonthill) June 1, 2015

EXACTLY. Racists.