Their reaction seems to me in direct proportion to their sense of feeling cheated of the advantages which accrue to white people in a white society. There's an element, it has always seemed to me, of bewilderment and complaint. Now that may sound very harsh, but the gay world as such is no more prepared to accept black people than anywhere else in society.
This is from James Baldwin a civil rights activist; along with being one of the first public figures to be openly gay. His 3rd book, Giovanni's Room, is hailed as one of the best novels involving gay-themes.
As if black people aren't more homophobic than whites.
fyi James third book was based on one of his gay experiences. And he was advised to burn the manuscript for it, because of it. Yet, he still got it published and it was well received from his predominately BLACK audience
He isn't wrong. But I always drawn similarities between the two movements. Only one have much more struggles to deal with. Plus being gay + black is just
As a black gay being gay has been 924538429538429 times harder for me than being black maybe its different in AmeriKKKa though but there are actually black people outside the US its a shocking concept, I know
I don't quite understand what he's saying. Is it that gay people won't struggle as much as blacks, or that blacks will not be accepted in homosexual culture any more than heterosexual culture?
As a black gay being gay has been 924538429538429 times harder for me than being black maybe its different in AmeriKKKa though but there are actually black people outside the US its a shocking concept, I know
I always thought it would be the opposite, so that's interesting.
Been saying this. White gay mainstream America only gave/give a damn about civil rights when it comes to furthering their own agenda. When in reality they're no different than their heterosexual counterparts. The same with white feminism.
As if black people aren't more homophobic than whites.
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Originally posted by slayships
As a black gay being gay has been 924538429538429 times harder for me than being black maybe its different in AmeriKKKa though but there are actually black people outside the US its a shocking concept, I know
i think it's different for everyone. as a black gay, being black has been 924538429538429 times harder
Oh, well this didn't go how I imagined it. Let me answer both in how I imagined it would go, and how it actually went.
How I thought it would go: Gay people living in modern Western society do not have it worse (or even equal to) than Blacks back during the Slave Trade days. Even today, it is quite arguable that blacks STILL have it worse. That is not to say that the struggles of being a gay person are trivial or not important - they are. They just do not hold the same weight as each other.
How it actually went: You'd think minorities would be more accepting of other minorities - seeing as how the system built for the majority (particularly, the cis straight white Christian male) thrives on keeping the minorities down. This is evidently not the case. Minority groups are just as unwelcoming and judgmental as the majority, and blacks are NOT exempt from this.
Homophobia is instilled into many black people through culture, just as racism is for many white gays. Each generation needs to work towards being more accepting and tolerant of other people - regardless of race, sex, gender, sexuality, religion, etc., so that maybe one day, these things will just be a blemish on the history of human kind. (Unlikely sounding now, but we don't know how the future will turn out.)
Gay is overrated and boring. I'm #TeamLesbro #CoolForTheSummer.
OT: They're different struggles, but black is harder to hide than gay (at least in most people. Some gays sneeze glitter and some can pass as straight). Black people can be mixed and ambiguous, but there's a preconceived notion of what it is.
