I'll explain why most black folks do not support marriage equality, or even care for gay people. Most black people (at least here in Georgia) are very spiritual people, AND go to the baptist church. That right there should explain why they don't like gays or support gay marriage. I've met a lot of black families that I would have thought might have supported us, but they didn't because it was "against their religion." So many people just think because they have been through many difficult times during the civil rights era, and that they are considered a minority, that they automatically support other minorities like gays and lesbians. Apparently it doesn't work that way, as I thought like that at one point too.
Comet, on your post about black support of other repressed minorities. I agree that a potential reason for lack of support of gay marriage w/in the black community could be rooted in beliefs founded in the black church. Not passing judgement on whether this is good or bad, but can understand the need for religion in black culture. But looking at the the last line of your quote, could it be that the lack of black support is due to the lack of past gay community support of black issues? Look at Dduder's quote about the negatives of affirmative action, as he perceives it to be a pro-black initiative-
Yes, the "White priviledge" that if a White kid and a Black kid have the exact same SAT score and the university has only one spot, it goes to the Black kid due to affirmative action. The "white priviledge" that if two job applicants, one White and one Black, the White guys having superior qualifications than the Black guy, the job goes to the Black guy to fill the minority quota. "White priviledge" is something that White men had in the 19th century and up to the 1950's in the South, but is long gone. White men today have no priviledges and actually have several disadvantages rectified by law. I wonder how "priviledged" a White shoe salesman is compared to, say, Michael Jordan.
This quote, coupled with
many other quotes that have been questionable, unfounded, and disrespectful regarding topics relating to blacks from different threads on this website calls into question the amount that issues important to the black community are truly supported by the GBT community.
Dduder, I must admit, your blatant feelings about white privilege v. affirmative action are not only disturbing, but absolutely incorrect. Where did you get your information? Is it hear-say??? I think so. Here's why- many studies have been conducted to conclude that as a society, we all benefit from pro-diversity initiatives. However,
white women benefit most directly from affirmative action programs.
See quote below (from
http://www.iupui.edu/~aao/myths.html <--- interesting website, educate yourself about affirmative action.):
"Many reports on affirmative action in the public media have focused only on the aspect of African-Americans and affirmative action versus the "angry white male". Many articles fail to acknowledge the multifaceted dynamics of affirmative action which incorporate Latinos, Chicanos, Asians, Pacific Islanders, Native Americans, and women. In fact, studies show that
white women tend to be the primary beneficiaries of affirmative action.
So before you mount your white horse (no pun intended) on a crusade to derail affirmative action as the sole beneficiary being that 'black guy / kid' and work to restore a presumptive white privilege (which has not disappeared at all), please talk to your mother, sister, cousins, nieces, white female friends, etc all of whom have probably benefitted from affirmative action more than the black guy down the street.
I'm not trying to turn this thread into a referendum on affirmative action, just wanted to clear up a misinterpretation about the initiative.
