On whether he said the words “white ******” to Snipes during the fight (as Snipes was quoted saying to DNAInfo) and whether Snipes allegedly called him a ****** according to rumors:
“I can definitely confirm that I did not say anything that was directed towards his race or sexual orientation. As far as what he said, he may have said something [like a slur] to me, but I did not acknowledge that.
I’ve been called a lot of things. And there is no way possible if you know me or my life, I could be called anywhere near a homophobe or anything like that. That is about the furthest thing from the truth about me.
It is important to know that I didn’t have any thought about his sexuality or any thought about who they were, their color, gender, etc. That didn’t play any part whatsoever on MY end. I based my actions on the fact he assaulted me.”
On injuries he suffered from the altercation:
“I had a head injury. I was treated by a nurse. I had a contusion, a big knot from whatever he hit me with and two lacerations.
I was bleeding. I jumped in the cab. I didn’t realize the extent of the bleeding until the cab driver said, ‘Hey! You’re bleeding.’
I wish I have taken pictures because I didn’t think that this [news] would go out as big at it is.”
In any case, my point in all of this is get well gay community.
They created a narrative based on a lie. The guy involved was not only gay himself but the video only catches part of the altercation that took place....so as to skew peoples reaction to it. There was no hate crime here.
I'm one of the people from the original thread. Many people aren't interested in hearing the truth and that's their choice. I did put it out there. I admit I was wrong to jump to conclusions. What I do know is that the gay media and the gay community is not always the most honest. There is an underlying current of racism in it...except for when someone wants something from you as is the case with RuPaul's Drag Race the most popular LGBT show in history.
I'm one of the people from the original thread. Many people aren't interested in hearing the truth and that's their choice. I did put it out there. I admit I was wrong to jump to conclusions. What I do know is that the gay media and the gay community is not always the most honest. There is an underlying current of racism in it...except for when someone wants something from you as is the case with RuPaul's Drag Race the most popular LGBT show in history.
That's true, and it's so much easier to play the black homophobia rhetoric than keep an open mind.
Is the guy even black? some gays keep bringing blacks up but is the man even black?
They created a narrative based on a lie. The guy involved was not only gay himself but the video only catches part of the altercation that took place....so as to skew peoples reaction to it. There was no hate crime here.