Watching the film “Free CeCe!”, opened my eyes even more to just how bad the criminal justice system is and how someone sentence can be determined through their gender, race, and sexuality. It is disappointing that even though she was just defending herself and you could clearly see she was, they still charged her harshly; with second-degree intentional murder. This is the world we live in, a world where we can’t even feel safe in our own homes, where we don’t even feel comfortable walking outside, and feeling like you are putting yourself at risk. Discrimination because of the presence of skin color, sexuality and gender have always been present in society throughout the years and is only getting worse from what I have voluntarily seen (I don’t like to watch the news or see the cruel realities of this society) but there is no way to get away from it. Being a trans of color, in my opinion, is seen as a criminal offense and should be punished; do I agree of course not if someone doesn’t feel right/comfortables who they are and they take that big step in changing, then DO IT! No one should be judged because of that it isn’t right, that is not how society should act or view a person just because of their sexuality, race or gender; at the end of the day that is their choice and their choice alone and doesn’t affect the outsider and their personal life. NO ONE should have to go through or even experienced in the tiniest fraction of what CeCe went through, the underprivileged shouldn’t be treated with inequality and deserve to be treated as humans and be given their rights as such. They deserve to live life without fear, shame, disrespect because they are still human, and bleed the same blood as everyone else.
It is quite sad coming into the reality that because of sexuality, gender and race people can be treated so harshly even when it was self defense. The criminal justice system really is awful. And having society judge you just because you want to be happy is awful.