http://www.rawstory.com/rs/2010/11/judge-lesbians-military-turn-straight/
This assclown basically belives that gay men should not be allowed in the military, but Lesbians should. That way the good upstanding straight G.I.'s will not be forced to put up with their gay counterparts, but will be given the opportunity to "straighten out" the lesbians. Click the link to find out how he thinks they should go about achieving that momentous feat.
I absolutely can not.
Showing posts with label white priveledge. Show all posts
Showing posts with label white priveledge. Show all posts
Wednesday, December 8, 2010
Saturday, May 22, 2010
The Real L word, Huh? AKA: White privledge on deck.
I'm so sick of this bullsh*t.
You mean to tell me that there aint not one (yeah you heard me right) brown woman in Los Angeles that would have fit into this cast.
Bullsh*t
Friday, December 18, 2009
Jeff tells it like it is...in under 10 minuites.
Jeff Johnson, political commentator, writer, and all around brother with some sense, spoke on the Tom Joyner Morning Show yesterday. It only took him 6 minutes to speak the flat out truth about homophobia in the black community He explains how as African Americans we will make deals with those who have made it plain and clear thay they hate us. All for the sake of dehumanizing another group. Black folk will go along with anything just to be given the brief "blessing" of sitting at massa's table. Even if it's just for a moment.Click the link folks. Listen carefully. It only takes a second to tell the truth.
http://www.nbjc.org/jeff-johnson-tjms.html
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Friday, July 3, 2009
This may be a little heavy for ya'll,but it's so true.
Found at BET.com
"Black people are equal now, and gay people aren't," Emil Wilbekin, a black gay man and editor of Giant magazine, told the Associated Press recently.
Keith Boykin If only it were that simple. But it's not. Black people still aren't equal and neither are gays. It doesn't help the gay rights cause to exaggerate the success of the black struggle or to diminish the success of the LGBT movement.
But in the weeks since Proposition 8 passed in California, much of the conversation that has taken place has moved from the simplistic to the ridiculous, including the argument blaming the small minority of blacks in the state for killing gay marriage. Fortunately, two of the smartest responses have come from African American columnists Clarence Page and Charles Blow.
What Went Wrong In California?
Page responds to an article in the Dec. 16 issue of The Advocate, a gay magazine, that boldly declares: "Gay is the New Black." Not quite, says Page. Instead, "gay is the new gray," he argues.
As a columnist for the Chicago Tribune, Page supports same-sex marriage, but he's not too impressed about the comparisons that some gay rights advocates have made between the LGBT struggle and the fight for racial equality.
Gay rights leaders are "tragically correct," he says, to point out the hate crimes perpetrated against lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender people. "But the history and nature" of the two struggles "is so different as to serve to alienate potential allies instead of winning them over," he writes.
New York Times columnist Charles Blow is equally helpful in his recent opinion piece about same-sex marriage. Noting the significantly higher number of black women than black men who voted in California, Blow argues against the strategy of using interracial marriage as a point of similarity to gay marriage in trying to win over black women.
"Marriage can be a sore subject for black women in general," he writes. Citing 2007 Census Bureau data, Blow says "black women are the least likely of all women to be married and the most likely to be divorced. Women who can't find a man to marry might not be thrilled about the idea of men marrying each other."
I disagree with Blow's analysis about black women in relation to men on the down low, but he is exactly right about comparing interracial marriage to same-sex marriage. That's a non-starter for many black women and not an effective argument to win them over.
Are Blacks More Homophobic?
Whenever we talk about race, it's important to remember that the black community is not monolithic and sometimes paradoxical. Although blacks tend to be socially conservative, we are also politically progressive.
Despite black opposition to same-sex marriage, when you look at other LGBT issues (that don't concern marriage, sex or relationships), blacks are as likely -- and in some cases more likely -- to support pro-gay policies than whites are. Polls on employment discrimination, gays in the military, gay housing discrimination, and even the gay adoption ban passed in Arkansas last month indicate that blacks have actually been more supportive of gay rights than whites on these issues.
And blacks have repeatedly elected and re-elected gay supportive politicians. It's not just the black mayors across the country, but also the members of the Congressional Black Caucus, who form the most supportive demographic voting bloc for gay rights issues in the Congress, except for the gay caucus itself. And that's not to mention the nation's only two black governors, both of whom support same-sex marriage.
The issue is not whether blacks are homophobic or not. Of course we are. We all live in the same racist, sexist, classist, misogynist, homophobic, heterosexist, culturally imperialistic society. Everyone is affected by those prejudices at some level. The question, though, is whether blacks are more homophobic than others, and that depends, of course, on how you measure homophobia.
On the personal level for many black gays and lesbians, the black community certainly feels more homophobic for those who face the slings and arrows of insult from their friends, family, church members and co-workers. But on a political level, it's hard to prove that blacks are any more homophobic than whites.
Even back in the 1990s, when I wrote my first book, polls showed blacks were more supportive than whites of outlawing employment discrimination against gays, but blacks were still far less supportive of same-sex marriage than whites. How do you explain that?
A New Strategy For Same-Sex Marriage Supporters
Many critics of black homophobia fail to grasp the difference between the politically progressive and the socially conservative streaks in the African American community. To communicate effectively to blacks, you need to know how to frame these issues.
If you can figure out how to frame the gay question as a political issue for basic rights instead of a social issue about acceptance, then blacks are much more likely to support it. That's a hard sell for same-sex marriage because many blacks see marriage as a religious structure, not a civil institution. But it creates opportunities to learn effective messaging.
It's important to remember the messenger is just as important as the message. Straight black people are not likely to sympathize with white people preaching to them about the evils of gay discrimination. That's a message that can most effectively be delivered by other blacks, straight and gay. Until the white LGBT movement learns this obvious point and implements strategies to include many more LGBT people of color in positions of visibility and responsibility, they are doomed to repeat the same tragic mistakes of their past failures.
It's also not helpful for gays to equate one movement with another. The civil rights movement is not the same as the gay rights movement, racism is not the same as homophobia and blacks are not the same as gays.
Although there are similarities between the two movements, there are also major differences. But why do gay activists feel the need to prove the struggles are the same in the first place?
America doesn't ask women, Jews, people with disabilities or immigrants to prove that their discrimination is identical to black suffering, and yet no one denies that sexism, anti-Semitism, ablism and xenophobia exist in our society. So why should gays and lesbians need to prove that their suffering is identical to black suffering in order to be treated equally under the law? That doesn't make much sense, but we're not talking logic here; we're talking prejudice.
Gay activists are also deceiving themselves if they think they can change public opinion simply by proving that homosexuality is not a choice. Blackness is not a choice either, and that hasn't stopped prejudice against African Americans.
Sure, we can easily blame black homophobia on religion, but it's not that simple either. The black church is a paradox. It is the most homophobic institution in the black community and at the same time the most homo-tolerant. Just scan the gay members of the choir the next time the pastor wanders off into one of his fire and brimstone sermons about homosexuality and you'll understand. We have a "don't ask, don't tell" policy about homosexuality in the church.
We have the same policy in parts of the black community. That's why we often downplay the LGBT identities of many of our black heroes and sheroes. And yet who could imagine black culture without James Baldwin, Lorraine Hansberry, Alvin Ailey, Angela Davis, Billy Strayhorn, Barbara Jordan or the Rev. James Cleveland?
Yes you can argue until you're blue in the face that not all blacks are straight and not all gays are white. Yes you can prove that homosexuality is not a "white thing" invented by Europeans and you can show that it existed in pre-colonial Africa. Yes you can refute the simplistic argument that "gays did not have to sit at the back of the bus as blacks did" by simply pointing to black gays and lesbians who endured segregation with their straight counterparts. And yes you can remind people that Dr. Martin Luther King's closest political adviser, Bayard Rustin, was a black gay man, and he helped to organize the 1955-56 Montgomery bus boycott.
Some people will get it; some won't. But why should you have to prove all of this simply to win the "right" to be treated equally? Who cares if gay is the new black? In the end, it doesn't and shouldn't matter.
It doesn't matter which group was first oppressed, or which is most oppressed, or whether they are identically oppressed. What matters is that no group of people should be oppressed. As long as various groups continue to focus on the hierarchy of oppression, they will validate the hierarchy and minimize the oppression
"Black people are equal now, and gay people aren't," Emil Wilbekin, a black gay man and editor of Giant magazine, told the Associated Press recently.
Keith Boykin If only it were that simple. But it's not. Black people still aren't equal and neither are gays. It doesn't help the gay rights cause to exaggerate the success of the black struggle or to diminish the success of the LGBT movement.
But in the weeks since Proposition 8 passed in California, much of the conversation that has taken place has moved from the simplistic to the ridiculous, including the argument blaming the small minority of blacks in the state for killing gay marriage. Fortunately, two of the smartest responses have come from African American columnists Clarence Page and Charles Blow.
What Went Wrong In California?
Page responds to an article in the Dec. 16 issue of The Advocate, a gay magazine, that boldly declares: "Gay is the New Black." Not quite, says Page. Instead, "gay is the new gray," he argues.
As a columnist for the Chicago Tribune, Page supports same-sex marriage, but he's not too impressed about the comparisons that some gay rights advocates have made between the LGBT struggle and the fight for racial equality.
Gay rights leaders are "tragically correct," he says, to point out the hate crimes perpetrated against lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender people. "But the history and nature" of the two struggles "is so different as to serve to alienate potential allies instead of winning them over," he writes.
New York Times columnist Charles Blow is equally helpful in his recent opinion piece about same-sex marriage. Noting the significantly higher number of black women than black men who voted in California, Blow argues against the strategy of using interracial marriage as a point of similarity to gay marriage in trying to win over black women.
"Marriage can be a sore subject for black women in general," he writes. Citing 2007 Census Bureau data, Blow says "black women are the least likely of all women to be married and the most likely to be divorced. Women who can't find a man to marry might not be thrilled about the idea of men marrying each other."
I disagree with Blow's analysis about black women in relation to men on the down low, but he is exactly right about comparing interracial marriage to same-sex marriage. That's a non-starter for many black women and not an effective argument to win them over.
Are Blacks More Homophobic?
Whenever we talk about race, it's important to remember that the black community is not monolithic and sometimes paradoxical. Although blacks tend to be socially conservative, we are also politically progressive.
Despite black opposition to same-sex marriage, when you look at other LGBT issues (that don't concern marriage, sex or relationships), blacks are as likely -- and in some cases more likely -- to support pro-gay policies than whites are. Polls on employment discrimination, gays in the military, gay housing discrimination, and even the gay adoption ban passed in Arkansas last month indicate that blacks have actually been more supportive of gay rights than whites on these issues.
And blacks have repeatedly elected and re-elected gay supportive politicians. It's not just the black mayors across the country, but also the members of the Congressional Black Caucus, who form the most supportive demographic voting bloc for gay rights issues in the Congress, except for the gay caucus itself. And that's not to mention the nation's only two black governors, both of whom support same-sex marriage.
The issue is not whether blacks are homophobic or not. Of course we are. We all live in the same racist, sexist, classist, misogynist, homophobic, heterosexist, culturally imperialistic society. Everyone is affected by those prejudices at some level. The question, though, is whether blacks are more homophobic than others, and that depends, of course, on how you measure homophobia.
On the personal level for many black gays and lesbians, the black community certainly feels more homophobic for those who face the slings and arrows of insult from their friends, family, church members and co-workers. But on a political level, it's hard to prove that blacks are any more homophobic than whites.
Even back in the 1990s, when I wrote my first book, polls showed blacks were more supportive than whites of outlawing employment discrimination against gays, but blacks were still far less supportive of same-sex marriage than whites. How do you explain that?
A New Strategy For Same-Sex Marriage Supporters
Many critics of black homophobia fail to grasp the difference between the politically progressive and the socially conservative streaks in the African American community. To communicate effectively to blacks, you need to know how to frame these issues.
If you can figure out how to frame the gay question as a political issue for basic rights instead of a social issue about acceptance, then blacks are much more likely to support it. That's a hard sell for same-sex marriage because many blacks see marriage as a religious structure, not a civil institution. But it creates opportunities to learn effective messaging.
It's important to remember the messenger is just as important as the message. Straight black people are not likely to sympathize with white people preaching to them about the evils of gay discrimination. That's a message that can most effectively be delivered by other blacks, straight and gay. Until the white LGBT movement learns this obvious point and implements strategies to include many more LGBT people of color in positions of visibility and responsibility, they are doomed to repeat the same tragic mistakes of their past failures.
It's also not helpful for gays to equate one movement with another. The civil rights movement is not the same as the gay rights movement, racism is not the same as homophobia and blacks are not the same as gays.
Although there are similarities between the two movements, there are also major differences. But why do gay activists feel the need to prove the struggles are the same in the first place?
America doesn't ask women, Jews, people with disabilities or immigrants to prove that their discrimination is identical to black suffering, and yet no one denies that sexism, anti-Semitism, ablism and xenophobia exist in our society. So why should gays and lesbians need to prove that their suffering is identical to black suffering in order to be treated equally under the law? That doesn't make much sense, but we're not talking logic here; we're talking prejudice.
Gay activists are also deceiving themselves if they think they can change public opinion simply by proving that homosexuality is not a choice. Blackness is not a choice either, and that hasn't stopped prejudice against African Americans.
Sure, we can easily blame black homophobia on religion, but it's not that simple either. The black church is a paradox. It is the most homophobic institution in the black community and at the same time the most homo-tolerant. Just scan the gay members of the choir the next time the pastor wanders off into one of his fire and brimstone sermons about homosexuality and you'll understand. We have a "don't ask, don't tell" policy about homosexuality in the church.
We have the same policy in parts of the black community. That's why we often downplay the LGBT identities of many of our black heroes and sheroes. And yet who could imagine black culture without James Baldwin, Lorraine Hansberry, Alvin Ailey, Angela Davis, Billy Strayhorn, Barbara Jordan or the Rev. James Cleveland?
Yes you can argue until you're blue in the face that not all blacks are straight and not all gays are white. Yes you can prove that homosexuality is not a "white thing" invented by Europeans and you can show that it existed in pre-colonial Africa. Yes you can refute the simplistic argument that "gays did not have to sit at the back of the bus as blacks did" by simply pointing to black gays and lesbians who endured segregation with their straight counterparts. And yes you can remind people that Dr. Martin Luther King's closest political adviser, Bayard Rustin, was a black gay man, and he helped to organize the 1955-56 Montgomery bus boycott.
Some people will get it; some won't. But why should you have to prove all of this simply to win the "right" to be treated equally? Who cares if gay is the new black? In the end, it doesn't and shouldn't matter.
It doesn't matter which group was first oppressed, or which is most oppressed, or whether they are identically oppressed. What matters is that no group of people should be oppressed. As long as various groups continue to focus on the hierarchy of oppression, they will validate the hierarchy and minimize the oppression
Sunday, June 28, 2009
THE GREAT DIVIDE
Current TV ( my new favorite station), has been running some really great shows in honor of June being Gay Pride Month. There was one documentary about the "Boi's." There are these women who basically live their lives as men. They look like men, walk and talk like men, of course they dress like men. Thats's not the interesting part, though. The real trip (to me) is how far they are willing to go to perpetuate the stereotype. Now let me say this. This is my blog so everything I say here is my opinion. These are my perspectives. So, I am probably going to offend someone when I say certain things. Now that that's out of the way, here's what I think. I did a blog a while ago about the great divide between the two factions. The caucasion vs. the non white glbt community. Watching that documetary brought it all back to me again. The "boi's" on the documentary were expressing how they felt about their bodies and how it (it being their feminine forms) made life significantly more difficult than it had to be. Most of the women in the show had either had top surgery (cosmetic surgery to remove the breasts), were on "T" (testoterone shots), or a combination of both.
Now I know a lot of Boi's. Generally, every stud I know falls in this category. I do not know anyone, however, that is even remotely considering the possibility of top surgery, or even knows what a testerone shot is all about. I don't even think I know anybody who has ever taped down their boobs or even considered it for that matter.
The more I think about it, the more I start to believe that the great divide is really real. It is a great divide. I asked someone very close to me (a stud) if they would ever consider going forward with either of the options that I saw on that documentary. Her answer was, of course, a flat out NO.
People of color often make fun of just how different the other persuasion really is. As open minded as I am, i'm starting to believe the hype. Being a person of color, moreover, a lesbian of color with friends who are not black, I feel like I have been exposed to so many other things that I would never have even heard of had I just stayed within my community. What's interesting to note is the fact that, with all my open minded-ness and rainbow coalition of friends, I still believe just as my community believes. A lot of the things that non blacks in the family will partake in for the perpetuation of a stereotype are utterly ridiculous and most of us of color wouldn't even give a passing thought. I can' t even fathom a circumstance existing that would make me or any person of color spend upwards of $10,000 cutting off their breasts when there are perfectly good extra small sports bras at Target for less than ten bucks. I would like to have some insight into the mindset that goes along with pumping your body full of a male horman for he sake of having facial hair. I just don't get it. I want to, but I don't. If anyone can help me understand this, please get at me. Cuz I was totally and completely lost after I watched that documentary! Any and all input is welcomed here and GREATLY appreciated. Cuz ya girl is lost. For real.
Saturday, May 16, 2009
white privledge
I did a video on my youtube channel(youtube.com/thefacegyrl) about this same crap once. It was about how white women are exotic dancers and escorts, but sistahs are strippers and hoes. That mess really irks me. As it applies to the GLBT community well, the divide is even deeper and more apparent.The best example I can give is my girl; Ellen Degeneres(sp?). Here you have a totally out caucasian woman with one of the top rated daytime talk shows on t.v. This woman has viewers and fans of every nationality and background there is. She has accomplished this all while being openly gay, yet also so very popular, that her "marraige" to her partner was plastered across the pages of People magazine. Fucking People magazine! Can somebody please name one openly gay, major mainstream personality of color. Any color. Other than white...don't worry, I'll wait. Still waiting. In the black gay community there is very little love once one comes out of the closet. Not nearly the support that is neccessary to navigate being young, black and gay in hollywood.It's sad and ignorant. Not that I have anything against Ellen, cuz I luvs me some her, It just bothers me when I think of the opportunities that I fight tooth and nail for that I KNOW would come more freely if I were just of the right "persuasion". I'm just saying.
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