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Originally posted by starstruckaj
The levels of delusion in this thread Ya'll staying blind to systematic oppression because you benefit from the white privilege. Making it about 'I'm not racist' or 'u mad u can't get pink ****' doesn't really help solve the problem.
As a black gay man, representation has always been the big problem. Aside from Empire, The Skinny Noah's Arc, I can't think of any media that doesn't portray us. Once media and organizations start accurately portraying the various shades, sexualities and sizes we all come in that's when things could change. Otherwise it will always be one step forward and two back in the effort truly show the LGBT community's diversity.
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I'm black and gay. I disagree with this thread not because I "benefit from the white privilege" but because most of it is unfounded and all of it is nit-picky.
And, if it ever comes to the point where there is a person of EVERY group for every white person on television, these same people will find something else to complain about. Could things be more diverse? Sure. Is it a damaging, pressing issue that they're not? No.