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It's not a black thing. It's a poor, look-at-me-I'm-so-manly thing. You see it when you observe the scum of every culture, ie: inner city Hispanics, white trash.
The Hispanic gay community has I believe the hardest time coming out.
Right on target - my son is not only gay but Hispanic (dad is Hispanic). In a Latino culture there does seem to be the whole Macho thing going on, but not one family member on my son's father's side has a problem with his orientation. Did come out to me first and 4 more years to have the courage to come out to his dad, but when he did the entire family was accepting.
We had an agent in our office from Puerto Rico and he really struggled with being gay. He said he would be kicked out of his family if they ever found out. What a shame.
We had an agent in our office from Puerto Rico and he really struggled with being gay. He said he would be kicked out of his family if they ever found out. What a shame.
Yeah it is - and a story I hear often. Simply cannot understand that mentality and am so grateful that not only my son's paternal family accepted his orientation but mine did as well - 'cause there's plenty of white homophobs too. Sad
You could easily find books on the subject of homophobia in the black community and specifically the black church.
At the same time, I don't think black people are more homophobic than the general population. However they might be more willing to express their homophobia.
At the same time, you have to look at where the majority of blacks are concentrate-the south. The south in general is not a bastion of acceptance and tolerance for gays and lesbians. You have your little pockets here and there but in general, the south is not someplace you'd describe as gay friendly.
I think you could attribute a lot of the homophobia in the black community to religion but a lot of homophobia in lots of communities can be attributed to religion.
I'm black and I'm a lesbian. There is a good little majority of black youth that really don't care about if someone is gay or not. In general young people are more accepting of gay people and gay rights, across racial lines.
I was listening to Tom Joyner this morning, Tom had a gay black minister as a guest. The people who texted or called in were very hostile toward gays in general. I get sick of hearing "God made Adam and Eve" not "Adam and Steve". I think whites are more accepting of gays; blacks use religion as an excuse to hate gays.
Some people have speculated the homophobia has roots back to the slavery days. The master would sometimes rape the male slaves (maybe to prove how much power he had over his slaves, to humiliate them, etc.) and some saw anal sex as an indication of homosexuality. Thus some blacks may have seen their masters as gay...and thus the hatred of gays began.
Something else dealing with slavery: blacks may have seen homosexuality as detrimental to the race. "Two people of the same sex can't procreate. We need more blacks and homosexuality does not help with that goal." So on and so forth.
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