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f8dagrate 
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 Posted: Dec 29 2012 at 6:19pm |
There was this cool author called James Baldwin and he was a gay black man, during the civil rights area, and he was strongly involved in the civil rights movement. I think he knew at that time that he couldn't do as much for the gay movement due to the era he was in.(put that in there for people who don't know about him to empathize btw) I wasn't trying to digress, but I think the gay rights should be acknowledged more properly. Even though many black people including myself have a background in certain faiths. Everybody has their own will and I will not force my belief on anyone else. Gay Struggle doesn't exactly equal Black struggle , but the gay struggle should not be dismissed..
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Posted: Dec 29 2012 at 6:21pm |
no, never. not every injustice is equivalent to the other. every marginalized person shouldn't be automatically in support of the other.
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Posted: Dec 29 2012 at 6:23pm |
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no not the same.
however I hate when ppl try to use them being not the same--- to some how dismiss it.
Not anyone in this thread---(yet) lol
has said the all too common - 'ppl choose to be gay while blacks can't choose to be black"
you are what you are...meh.
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Posted: Dec 29 2012 at 6:24pm |
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In general, I say no.
Do they have some legal obstacles in the U.S. that appear similar? Yes. Do they face discrimination that is similar to blacks? Yes. (But not on the same scale/magnitude).
But no, the "struggle" is not the same and never will be. Doesn't mean there aren't things in common.
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Posted: Dec 29 2012 at 6:27pm |
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I cringe when I think about black history........gay history, not so much
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Posted: Dec 29 2012 at 6:29pm |
I believe that being a gay POC brings about a whole other dimension and that even then, you can't compare the struggle of a white gay male with one of a black gay male. race brings it to a diff. level i'm too tired to write out a long drawn out thesis, but check out tumblr if you want one 
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Posted: Dec 29 2012 at 6:31pm |
 ModelessDiva wrote:
NO.
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Posted: Dec 29 2012 at 6:53pm |
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I hate comparing struggles. I think some people get off saying that their struggle is more than another person's struggle.
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Posted: Dec 29 2012 at 6:57pm |
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gay folk have faced discrimination
black folk/POC have faced discrimination
Thats where it ends
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Posted: Dec 29 2012 at 7:01pm |
tatee wrote:
ive seen this statement come up a lot this past year mostly by whites. Do you feel that the gay fight for equality is the same as blacks fight for equality?
vids not important im more interested in a response.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nHlowcuNHxo
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@ the concept not you op  it will never compare
Edited by Lilaca - Dec 29 2012 at 7:02pm
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