'They need to know, damn well, that trans people are powerful.'
. It’s a list of accolades that would make any new model blush, but while other people in her industry are using Instagram as a place to repost their magazine editorials and runway shots,19-year-old Philip is more concerned with using her platform
I’d like to start by asking how you, personally, feel you fit into the larger Black Lives Matter conversation — specifically as a Black, disabled, transgender woman. But ain't it something, how that works, though? You're so right. When people talk about Black lives, there's always a certain attention and drive when it comes to Black cis men. They'll go so hard and so down and dirty for Black cis men. But when it's a Black cis woman, or a Black trans woman, or a nonbinary person that's being killed by the police, they don't show up like that. I've seen it with my own two eyes.
Because, as a concept, Black-on-Black violence is not racist. White-on-white violence exists. It exists everywhere. There are problems in every race that cause people to fight. I hate when people try to say that because it's just like, "You're so wrong. Everyone has their own crimes within their own communities.
Let’s talk about your identity as a disabled person. As people take to the streets to protest, I know that can pose a much greater challenge for you, being in a wheelchair. How have you been able to make your voice heard in spite of these barriers?
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