Reply #32: Exactly. [View All]

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I don't remember seeing post after post after post popping up to defend gay and lesbian people during the last election when we were blamed for everything DU could possibly throw at us.

I haven't read every single post on the topic in the last few days, but I don't think that anyone was explicitly stating the our loss on prop 8 was entirely the fault of the African-American population of California. If they are then they are wrong. I think the point is that the numbers coming out of California have shown yet again (as many other polls have -- and no I am not going to go look them up for you, they are out there, Google) that there is a problem with homophobia in the African-American community. Seeing as we keep getting beaten every time something comes up on the ballot, and I don't expect that the ballot measures are going to stop anytime soon, we need to address EVERY issue that may help us win.

Homophobia in the African-American community is one of these issues. Homophobia within the Hispanic community is another. Why is this different than homophobia in the general populace? Well the numbers run higher, so something has to be different...but if we can't discuss that without being called racists then we aren't ever going to find out why that is, or what we can do about it.