The outrage in this thread versus the lighthearted admonishing of and agreement with the OP of "Why do Indian people smell?" (no link, the thread was so bad that it was DELETED!)
Originally posted by James Baldwin - The Legacy (Simon & Schuster, 1989)
I think white gay people feel cheated because they were born, in principle, into a society in which they were supposed to be safe. The anomaly of their sexuality puts them in danger, unexpectedly. Their reaction seems to me in direct proportion to the 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. It’s a very hermetically sealed world with very unattractive features, including racism.
most of the people here is hypocrital, yeah, I don't know who is white here and who is not white so I'm not able to tell you how many of these people is white to start making a generalization
For the thousands of comments made by non-white gays about how racist, sexist, transphobic, etc. white gays are, I've only seen a few comments from white gays actually saying things of that nature. Plus, non-white gays will sh*t on white gays all day long yet get upset/defensive if a white gay retaliates in any way. You may think targeting one group of people is gonna solve all your problems, but it's not. Let's not act like the black community doesn't have their fair share of sexists, homophobes, transphobes, etc., for example. No community is perfect, and some of you look ridiculous pushing generalizations while simultaneously condemning generalizations of your own communities.
Well, I am very hypocritical. I always frown upon and give lectures to people who litter and don't recycle yet I sometimes don't recycle, and I feel no guilt.
Milo Yogo, Jeffery Star, Caitlyn Jenner and Lina Dunham kinda proved that whether your Gay, trans or feminist/female or belonging to any other marginalised group, so long as you're white you're probably problematic. After all, your queerness doesn't erase your whiteness. And you are still prone to enforcing white violence.