antonlavey
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Originally Posted by TruthGetsBusy
In the same sense that you can't tell a gay man from his outward appearance, you could also not distinguish a "black" man either. I'm not saying this to be directly offensive, but a lot of people are familiar with the expressions "acting black" vs. "acting white," and how far one or the other will get you in corporate America. Just like there are gays that act outwardly flamboyant, there are also others that could more or less pass for heterosexual if you didn't know any better. Could you say the same about black people? There are some that act "ghetto/black" and spew out a bunch of urban slang, or some that act "white" and speak proper English?Originally Posted by eaalto
TruthGetsBusy wrote:
But everyday I step into work I will be black before I open my mouth. No choices
So you're saying that gays can choose to act heterosexual if it suits them, can you choose to act "white"?
At the end of the day you are who you are. Your character is who I judge you on, not by your exterior. Just because you are black, I will not pass judgment on you. If you talk like an idiot who says dis and dat and drops the N word all the time, I will think you're just that, an idiot. And I would feel the same if you were black, white, asian, whatever. But then again, that's because I don't identify with those mannerisms.
And I know it's messed up, but I feel the same way about gays. I simply get annoyed by the flamboyance and diva attitudes. But there are straight people who exude that personality type that annoy me all the same.
So I don't buy into your "I'm black before I open my mouth," because you can choose how you are perceived by whoever is perceiving you. You can act ghetto, you can act proper. You can speak in Ebonics, or like a college graduate.
Unless you're living in the wrong place, America has come a long way with regards to race relations. Just saying.
I still agree with Anton on this...if you take offense to the Civil Rights/LGBT comparison, there seems to be some underlying intolerance of gays. And I know that a lot of blacks really disapprove of homosexuality. Not saying there aren't a lot of whites that agree with them, but it's kind of a load of +##% when you preach about the hardships that blacks went through and can't even draw a parallel to the homosexuals.
I hope I'm not off base in saying it's probably just as hurtful to be called a homosexual slur as it is to be called a racial slur, if there is hate behind it.
This has nothing to do with "acting" black or white. And whatever that means.
What the hell is acting "gay"? Like I said before the details of your personal life aren't to be exposed at job, walking down the street, or doing whatever. NOBODY CARES OR KNOWS IF A STRANGER IS GAY. I doesn't mean they are hiding it...it just means they look like any other human walking down the street. BUT YOU CAN DIRECTLY PICK OUT A PERSON'S SKIN COLOR. Imagine how hard a gay black man has it....yeah see my point. He still has to deal with prejudice because of race.
If you don't respect that your whole perspective is wack. And how are you agreeing with Anton when he himself said the two struggles shouldn't be compared. But you insist on talking crazy about "hiding" your race
oops saw my name "DIDN'T READ" commented....my bad.