Quote from: iman on October 20, 2015, 05:30:22 PM
Quote from: Young on October 20, 2015, 05:16:12 PM
Besides Black Gay Men, Black Women are the most oppressed people i have ever seen.
Coming out of an age where being black AND a female was wrong; it's no secret why black women are often viewed as "angry" and "bitter" . But the saddest part of it all is that they can't even see that their black gay brothers are going through the same thing they went through before right now.
Iman and Monika wake UP
I hope yo're not comparing sexism to homosexuality now 
I know you're a bit emotional now but I hope you're not that dense and your analogy about black women being viewed as "angry" and "bitter" makes no sense. What do you think black gay men are viewed as? Sweet and loving? Nah, more like sick and deplorable.
being "black" is considered wrong everywhere, hun. you're judged at face value but if you're gay you're able to hide it 
and let's be hon', a gay white man can easily get a job position before a straight black man so why are you even trying to compare RACE to SEXUALITY!?!? you're doing more harm for yourself than good cause it totally discredits the black people that are gay.
the fact that a man can hide his sexuality goes both ways though. A black man never has to explain why he is black, or why it is okay to be so, he just is, and people do not argue with it, cause it is self-explanatory. For a gay man however - being that he does have the choice to disclose his tea - he will always have to live under the huge psychological pressure and the the mental burden of whether to reveal his true sentiments or not. That is a huge burden you carry all throughout your childhood that should not be neglected in this discussion.
Furthermore racism is far gone from mainstream opinion. Personally - especially in scenarios of growing up, being in school etc. - gay bashing is way more intense, than racially motivated bullying. No kid can say I am racist and be cool or respected, while blurting out homophobically discriminatory statements are mostly very socially acceptable. It is important for homophobia to lose acceptence and coolness points, especially with the kids and be as frowned upon, as racism is.
With that being said in many ways, being gay is more difficult and painful than being non-white. It is not that simple, to say racism is worse than homophobia.
