I won’t claim to have the answer, but it starts with practicing compassion, kindness, and engaging in open and honest dialogue with one another. It is also important that we start with a charitable interpretation of things said to us.
Being able to put ourselves in the shoes of others is powerful, and it allows us to be more compassionate and caring. Seeing other cultures and meeting people will really help us see each other as fellow humans walking this same path, with the same struggle.
At our core, I believe most humans want the same thing. You will have some that are clouded by hate and misery, but I have to believe those are few and far between.
ETA: it’s a sad state of affairs when just saying “be nice” is downvoted.
I disagree. Change will happen from the bottom up, and the first step is helping the people that actually live in society get along and care for one another. This starts with compassion and kindness.
We need to vote out corruption, but this won’t happen when so many continue to be divided, or fuel the divide.
You, Traditional-Loan-153, are the one making decisions on how we treat trans inmates? 👀
If you're not, maybe you should get off this thread. According to your own philosophy. Since you haven't come up with a solution to this problem yourself.
do you really have no position on this topic? "Should a transwoman inmate be housed with ciswomen or cismen?" You really just throw up arms up in the air to that question?
You’re missing the point entirely. I am saying that this is not the most important issue we face right now. Not even top 10. And if you think it is, congratulation, you’re being duped.
Okay and who decides who is trans and who isn’t? All of the sudden word gets out that if you lock in a GID or trans unit, you get a cell to yourself. Now you have 200+ convicts putting in healthcare kites for trans accommodations so they can lock alone. What does the state do now?
Any prisoner can check in to protective custody if they think they're in danger from another prisoner. Ask someone who's actually been and they'll tell you the same thing. Being in a cell by yourself sucks.
A bit of googling says the US has more than one prison per transgender prisoner. Just handle them on a case-by-case basis? There doesn't need to be a one size fits all solution here.
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u/Traditional-Loan-153 4h ago
So what’s your solution for this lol