African-Americans Should Be Better On Gay Civil Rights Issues, and We Should Be Better On Theirs.
In response to this inflammatory article in the Washington Post: Racial Pawns in the Battle for Same-Sex Marriage.
GayAmericaBlog's retort:
An interesting, and typical, opinion piece in today's Washington Post about the black community and its often backwards views on the civil rights of gays and lesbians. The writer is upset that Julian Bond, among other black leaders, suggested that the black community, of all people, should not oppose equality for gays. Too bad. Bond is right. Blacks should be better on civil rights issues as a result of their unique history and suffering. And the same goes for the gay community - we are the last people who should be racist against blacks, or bigoted towards Jews, Latinos, or any other minority. We know first-hand what's it like to be treated, and thought of, as second-class citizens.
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