Blog Post 5

I learned many things from the film Major!—it was filled with information that I was previously unaware of. The biggest takeaway of the film for me was the information about the treatment of trans people in prison. My only previous knowledge of this topic came from Orange Is the New Black, which is obviously not an entirely accurate source or a good source. Learning about this topic was more sad than surprising. It was crazy to me that there are transgender women who have spent many months in solitary confinement when the maximum time spent there is supposed to be less than fifty days. The film left me wondering about the treatment of transgender people, mostly transgender women of color, in prison and about social action in general. There was a great point brought up by Major in which she stated that while places like San Francisco have laws to protect trans individuals, they are not always enforced.  She then said that there needed to be fines for police and other things implemented so that the laws are actually followed. This made me wonder why people always aim for laws before all else if they are not necessarily effective. Is it because they are the best way to initiate change? Or is it something else?